What's difference between Football and Soccer?

Until today, the debate on soccer and football has never come to an end. People are confused which is which? What's the difference between two sports? Which one is more popular? This article will offer you an answer.

In order to avoid confusion in this article, henceforth the word 'football' will refer to American football the game which predominantly involves handling the ball and 'soccer' will refer to the game where the ball is touched by foot.

American Football

Let's start with American football for the discussion about the two sports. American football is younger than soccer. It is a game which is popularly assumed to born out of Rugby, which in turn was born out of soccer. As the legend goes, some kid at the Rugby University clearly thought that playing the ball with the feet is too boring and thought it would be a good idea to pick up the ball in his hands and run unchallenged instead. The story may or may not be true, but the Rugby Union football was born out of soccer.

Rugby was another game which England exported to the rest of the world, unlike soccer; there are several variations of rugby played all over the world, one of which is American Football. American football is played with 11 players in each time. Every team has its unique authentic jerseys nfl and logo. The official duration of the game is 4 quarters of 15 minutes each. Read on for the exact football field size. But teams take a lot of timeouts during the game and hence the game can go on for a considerably longer time.

American football is a more physical sort of game and hence more protective gear needs to be worn by the player to protect his vitals. The physical quality and strength is required higher for the professional football player who is strong enough to have the honor to wear NFL jerseys. Points can be scored in American football in 3 ways. They are touchdown, field goal and safety. Every player can make respectively 6 points, three points and 2 points through the three ways.

Soccer

On the other hand, soccer is definitely enjoys an older history of the two sports. Although no one knows who invented soccer, the formal basic football rules as they are followed today, the current framework of the game was given in the mid-1800s. The Football Association was established in England and the popularity of game has spread ever since. The game has been exported to several countries and almost every country in the world plays the 'beautiful game'. As the rules are set by the Football Association, this game "soccer" is short for "association football" by Americans.
Unlike the American football, Soccer is played predominantly with feet. Only the goalkeeper is allowed to use his hands to touch the ball and that too in a certain part of the pitch. Read on for the soccer positions on the field. The game goes on for 2 halves of 45 minutes each, plus there is time added on at the end of each half for stoppage in play. The objective of the goal is to defend your goal and attack the goal of the opposition. At the end of playing time, the team which scores more goals wins. Each goal is worth only 1 point and needs to be kicked into the net. Therefore, one point is very hard to obtain and very precious. The score in every soccer game is less than the American football.

After knowing the difference between American football and soccer, you'll never be puzzled and make mistake of thinking they are the same. Though they are both exciting to watch and play, which sport do you like better? There is not an only answer for this question. Different strokes for different folks.