If I’m talking to an English speaker from outside of the US, is there any confusion if I say “soccer”?
For example, when I was in college a friend asked for a “torch”. I was confused for quite some time, because I didn’t know it was another word for “flashlight”. Does the same thing happen with the word “soccer”? Should I clarify by saying, “…or football”?
Thank you!
It is just football all over the world, in contrast to American “football”.
Australians also call it soccer.
It is “Fußball” in German which is what I speak natively. But I still usually say “soccer” when I speak English because that is unambiguous.