Dear Friend,
I cannot believe that you do not know that difference between football and soccer. This is just shocking? Have you been living in your closet for your whole life. I will try in this email to explain the difference between football and soccer, but do not expect one email to make up for what must be a lifetime of being sheltered. Seriously, do you even own a TV? Anyways, what is interesting is that these two games have some similarities but the fundamental essence of both of how they are plated is different.
In America, football is the dominant sport, it makes the most money has the most fans and every year the championship game called the Super bowl is basically the biggest thing ever. The whole world stops and everyone (but you) puts aside whatever they are doing to watch it. It is also a time for adults to drink a lot of beer and for every one of all ages to cram their mouths with junk food in a glutinous way that is only really ever rivaled by the feast of Thanksgiving (which you probably haven’t heard about in the closet where you must live. In football there are far many rules and different player positions than in soccer.
In football, at least in American football players must where pads because there is a significant amount of increase in physical contact with this sport.
In soccer you can only score one point at a time and this scoring happens when one player kicks the ball into the opposing players goal. In football there are a number of ways to score. You can score up to eight points in one play if you go for the extra point. You can also score 6 plus 1 point if you get a touch down and then make a short range field goal. It is also possible to kick the ball into a goal, which is a field goal which is worth 3 points. There is also something called a touch-back which is worth 2 points. There are some other variations of and subtle rules that I do not have time to get into in this email, but this is the basic of scoring. There are a lot of sutble rules such as the players being on the right side of the field, or not interfering with receivers from catching a ball, that if not complied with will lead to a violation which generally results in the team losing yards.
In soccer players are not allowed to use their hands. In football, depending on the situation you can use both your hands and feet. In football there are a lot more positions. In soccer there are essentially only three. There is the goalie, the offensive players and the defensive players.
One similarity between the sports is that they both use a similar field of either grass or astro-turf. Soccer is more widely popular worldwide while in the United States football is the major sport. Football and soccer have a different way of keeping time. Football is divided into three quarters and soccer is divided into two halves.
I hope this helps you in your quest to understand what football and soccer are and understand the similarities and difference that both games possess.
Source:
"Difference Between Football and Soccer | Difference Between | Football vs Soccer." Difference Between Football and Soccer | Difference Between | Football vs Soccer. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-football-and-soccer/>.
