• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    They went with American football, where “running back” and ”defense” refer to positions.

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        10 months ago

        The game most of the world calls “football” is called “soccer” in the US. We have a very popular game we call “football” in the US that is unrelated to “soccer”, instead it is related to rugby (still very different from rugby, but there is a relation)