{"id":702094,"date":"2026-06-13T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/702094\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:51:10","slug":"why-is-football-called-soccer-in-the-us-and-canada-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/702094\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is football called &#039;soccer&#039; in the US and Canada? &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBYWEZTbjMzZFhkeV85UDB6dFdLRmptQkVNUW9SQUdFRGpzYmRVanFOZDRxTXRqenE5cW1DdEMwVm1fNmlCc3l6dzU2LUNjb3hkVjBDVEV4Q0dpdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why is football called &#8216;soccer&#8217; in the US and Canada?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4gFBVV95cUxPSkxMdmg3SHEwM3FWbWQyWTdzR09qZVB0RzZ3RlBGVG5MN0JtcUY4M3BDbVlaNG5zbW81QlN3ZjVWUWxUOUJiSjNRSmpSRkdRN3ZHSF9jWUxkbHNYcWk5eUVEMURFV29xUnNSWlRKYWxWX3NwTlNzbGIwVm0zYzlNSjVZZ3JGUWlabk1OYXFtZFlLRTNXM2xyaFV6TkdRZjlqdjBBeTc2ZXRpN3ROVDAzMmcxZ0NmUUNzelg1dzVPMzJNNVNpUHMzcHM4X2FuX3VmYTNQREdJT2ZGOFE5bnRqV3VB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump thinks the NFL should be renamed, says soccer should also be called football in the USA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9nUXpJOC1VZGlJc0o1VWFtZk5NblpjT1hTRzdBVVFYdkl4TGxITFBXNTlPMFp1Sm5QWHhVRlBCeVBfUXROUHF1eTFsMGtJc01kdTR4Y2ZaZDdWNWRTOE90aEtXQ0ZxX1hsVEVaelVHQXltUmlialRZbG50QVBHOU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NYT Crossword Answers for June 12, 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTFBhV0xiUFZZaW5SU3JLVGJQNm4zX3UxXzFqTl9lWmdMLVFIblAzV2g1cmdycDdyT181M0YyQmRHSFNWeW5MdUxRMzhsM2EyZGc4UElvVGFfTy1hMGVSelVlc2JCZ3FNazA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The footballing gods<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Africa Is a Country<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Soccer\u2019 is a fine term for the beautiful game \u2013 don\u2019t let anyone tell you otherwise this World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WIVB News 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why is football called &#8216;soccer&#8217; in the US and Canada?&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCDonald Trump thinks the NFL should be renamed, says&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-702094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}