All the pink countries call it "football," or some literal translation of "football."
All the blue countries call it "soccer," or some translation of "soccer."
The takeaway: Americans aren't the only ones who don't call it "football."
Much of Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, Oceania, South Africa and even Italy call it something other than "football.".
The reason people all over the world call it football is simple â you kick the ball with your foot.
Brian Phillips wrote a nice explanation for where the word "soccer" came from for Slate in 2010:.
"It's an abbreviation of association football. »