Have any Americans here heard of the game known as football?

duh! i have played in Strikers for 6 yrs and n i love it!!!

ok, so 1st things first i love footbball, and yes i know that football & soccer are the same thingand it really aggrivates me when ppl bash on soccer wen they dont know anything about it!!! socer is played with midfield forwards defence and 1 goalie i play midfield and defence, not because im fast, but because when i start chasing someone i DO run fast and i am basically a brick wall. I love it!!!!! <3

stop being ignorant

yes it's either soccer of football like the superbowl i prefer soccer although i think it's spelled futbol amazing sport

Yeah, we know that and it's boring. It's a stupid game that the rest of the world is crazy about --kicking the ball back and forth for more than 2 hours with the game ending with one team having a score of 1 and 0 for the other, then psychotic fans meet outside the arena to start riot and fight each other off. So thanks, we're not interested. We'd rather have our American Football.

It's ok. Believe it or not, it's somewhat popular of a sport here, just not on a "nationally televised" level.

Yes. Soccer is one, if not the most popular sport among American youth to play. It's just that when we get older, we don't play it as much. This football that you refer to. That's that game of a bunch of pony tail laden pretty boys, sashaying their way across a pitch, who go down in a heap like someone just shot them, if an opposing player breathes on them wrong. And where a game can end in a 0-0 tie, and have people refer to it as a "beautiful game". Yeah, I've seen it. To be honest, if most soccer games were like the U.S.-Italy match in the 06 World Cup, more Americans would watch. No flopping, good play, speed, lots of shots on goal from both sides, and blood was spilled on both sides numerous times. Hard fought, tough match, and ended in a 1-1 tie even with the Americans being down a guy. But as most of them aren't, we can only be bothered with caring about soccer once every 4 years.

Well mate i don't think that all of our colonial cousins are as thick as two short planks. Some of them know the difference between real football and that stupid gridiron game.

WTF it's called soccer. That way football codes don't get f##ked up!