-- Posted by EmerleeX at 3:10 pm on July 3, 2009 call it football... When they like use HANDS. I can understand why English football is called football... Cos we use our feet. -- Posted by Dexter Ward at 3:11 pm on July 3, 2009 I've always wondered that myself. -- Posted by Live Just To Die at 3:11 pm on July 3, 2009 Cause they like to copy us. Rugby + Football = American Football Cricket + Rounders = Baseball -- Posted by BackPorch at 3:11 pm on July 3, 2009 We are just confused. -- Posted by Justin B at 3:11 pm on July 3, 2009 Us americans are losers. -- Posted by SpRiNgS at 3:12 pm on July 3, 2009 you know football the american version originated in the UK right? and that it's called football cause you kick and cove rin a line wehn yuou do kickoffs they even share terms fullback halfback -- Posted by StraitjacketJunky at 3:12 pm on July 3, 2009 Because we decided that, even though gridiron started after "soccer", we should still have the name, because we never knew "football" was already taken, and we're too ignorant to wise the hell up. edit: Resources = Wikipedia -- Posted by SpRiNgS at 3:13 pm on July 3, 2009 Quote: from Live Just To Die at 3:11 pm on July 3, 2009 Cause they like to copy us. Rugby + Football = American Football Cricket + Rounders = Baseball the uk originated football but lets forget that i mean since people from teh UK came over and started colonies smh@ peoples history game -- Posted by jham915 at 3:13 pm on July 3, 2009 It's because we like to be confusing. -- Posted by kristen16 at 3:14 pm on July 3, 2009 Bc we r just so much better -- Posted by MajorT0M at 3:14 pm on July 3, 2009 good point.. -- Posted by Lucid Nightmare at 3:16 pm on July 3, 2009 Because we're idiots. -- Posted by BeautifulGirl15 at 3:19 pm on July 3, 2009 We do use our feet in the game of football. & Don't goalies use their hands in soccer. So not all people in you're so called football only use their feet.