as someone from england, i'd like you to explain why american 'football' is called this.... i've never seen them use their feet for more than one kick, whilst our football (your soccer) we use our feet all the time...... so why are these things i just said?
To be completely honest, I have no idea. Where I come from (Mexico) Soccer is called football, and American football is called that. I basically trained myself to call it soccer just to not get them confused, but it is really weird. I totally agree with you, though