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Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that title (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Piss off Trump, Aussie Rules is football and nothing else, soccer will always be soccer.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Although .. to be fair Aussie Rules can also be just Footy.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except it references within its name that it's a sub group of football.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

As does Association Football but people tend to drop extraneous words when context fills in the gaps.