Football or soccer

Wikipedia - The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. 

AOL-   In the United States, "football" is typically associated with a sport that is, for the most part, played with one's hands.  However, most of the world uses the term "football" to describe the sport the U.S. calls "soccer." ....

Contrary to some conventional wisdom, the word "soccer" did not originate in the U.S. — but rather in England.  Back in 1863, the newly formed Football Association in England created the official rules of the game to distinguish themselves from the rugby style of play.

In the 1880s, popular English slang would shorten names of sports and then add "-er" to the end of it. Association football became "assoccer," which ultimately developed into the word "soccer."

When soccer made its way to the United States, the gridiron version of football was already established. So those who played the sport with the round ball decided to lean into the term "soccer."

While the word "football" developed in England, most countries since the late 19th and early 20th centuries have used the term to describe the game.

But the U.S. isn't the only place where the sport is called soccer. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa also use the term.

Sam Smith - Whatever you call it, the game was the only sport your editor ever played seriously, thanks to going to  Germantown Friends, a soccer friendly Quaker high school in Philadelphia. As I wrote in my memoir: 

The school, while de-emphasizing competition among its students, was remarkably competitive in one sport: soccer.... It had enjoyed 40 winning seasons in what was then one of the few cities in America in which soccer was taken seriously. At GFS it was the major sport. Playing in the old-style soccer shoes seemingly constructed of two by fours and pipe clamps, I attempted to be as inconspicuous as possible, which, as a fullback, was not that difficult since the ball was so frequently at the other end of the field. By senior year I had been relegated to goalie for the junior varsity, the only senior on the team. My coach and I both hoped that size would compensate for my lack of skill. But even my one moment of glory was by accident. While playing temporarily as a fullback in a game, I momentarily forgot my position and intercepted with my hand a ball inexorably headed for the goal. The resulting penalty kick failed and I was cheered for my strategic brilliance. 

The closest I came to physical achievement was in the spring as a middling shot-putter. I was not bad at pure force; it was only when the force required some finite direction and distance that I failed.