โSoccerโ is incorrect, or is it still the fine term for the beautiful game?
By Kirk Bowman (*) - At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the game should really be called โfootball.โ โThereโs no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL. It really doesnโt make any sense,โ said Trump, an apparently new convert to the round-ball game.He isnโt alone. The word โsoccerโ is, in some parts of the world, shunned by some fans.