American Football vs European Football - By: George Wood
American football is usually confused with European football. The difference between the two is greatly, but the same use of title can confuse others. The difference between American and European football is simple by definition. Football is used mostly with the hands to control the ball, and the European football is what most people call Soccer. In soccer, you kick the ball and they not allowed using their hands at all. By definition, football is when 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long. Teams try to steal/keep possession of the ball and move across the field to the other teams goal line by running a series of plays. European football or soccer is a game played with a round ball (not diamond shaped like American football).
Again, two teams of eleven players user their body to control the ball to pass the opponents goal line. Soccer is played dominantly with the feet, but can be controlled by other parts of the body like knees, chest, and head. They can use any part of their body by their arms and hands. If they do use the hands, a foul is called the other team gets control of the situation. They only people who are allowed to use their hands are the goalkeepers.
Many soccer games are played on football fields. They are set up the same way except instead of having a huge goal post, they use two goal nets (much like hockey). The games are in quarters that are times. There are four quarters per game and a half time. Usually there are only a minute or two pauses between quarters and the half time is much longer. Soccer games usually do not take as much time as soccer, because there are fewer rules to soccer.
Football is a complicated sport that has flags and penalties for, what seems everything. In soccer, penalties are called but mostly for being offsides or out of bounds. Sportsmanship is a problem in both sports. The two sports are very competitive and can be frustrating to the players. Even though you are not allowed to tackle a player purposely in soccer, some players do tend to collide and when they do, they hit hard.
Soccer and football are much alike in some aspects, but are completely different in others. Either way you look at it, the two sports are just as aggressive and competitive and can be very enjoyable to watch and play.
American football is usually confused with European football. The difference between the two is greatly, but the same use of title can confuse others. The difference between American and European football is simple by definition.
2010-01-31 14:46:03 来自: Jeremy Webb
网友Carina问Angry Editor:“Soccer和football有什么区别呢？”

美式英语中，意思有区别：“football”是美式橄榄球；“soccer”是足球。

英式英语中，意思没有什么区别：“football”是足球； “soccer”还是足球。

美式橄榄球，football (US), American football (UK)。

美式橄榄球，football (US), American football (UK)。

为了弄清楚，英国人形容美式橄榄球时会用“American football”。

不过，要注意：“Soccer”这个词，英国人虽然听得懂，但是不会用，而且英国人“听得不舒服”。在英国，要是用“soccer”来形容足球的话，Angry Editor的愤怒不说，你会被大家骂死…
soccer ball
在美式英语里面soccer专指英式足球，football专指橄榄球。
世界范围内一般对于大多数人而言football是指英式足球。

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