Whoever was eliminated probably doesn't consider this uplifting news.

That's pretty interesting. Do any of the games stream on the internet.

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It is getting more popular here for some strange reason.

https://www.americanfootball.ie/

> I had never heard anyone in Ireland refer to it as soccer except when laughing at Americans for calling it that.

That's just your group then.

Go here:

• https://www.rte.ie/sport/
• https://www.independent.ie/sport/
• https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/
• https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/

Guess what? all refer to it as soccer.

What's the word in Irish for it? "Sacar".

How the fuck did you ever live in Ireland thinking that is isn't called soccer here.

It's commonly called both.

EDIT: also if you watch the Six One news every day, they almost exclusively call it Soccer there too.

EDIT2: lol they deleted it because they realised how wrong they were.

As an American, I’m not sure that the Irish women will get past the Chiefs, but I’ll put 20 on them if you spot me three touchdowns.

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They are referring to the Reddit title, not the website title.

The website title doesn't need to mention it because it's for Irish audiences.

Americanisation? Pretty sure the UK is the only English speaking nation that calls football, football everywhere else it's soccer lol

It's not Americanisation.

Our word for that sport in Irish is literally "Sacar" (pronounced Soccer), and always has been.

Both Football and Soccer are used interchangably here for that sport.

Gaelic Football is also mostly just called Football.

Yeah either way they got it completely wrong.

Soccer is often referred to as Soccer OR Football here. There is no one or the other. It is and always will be referred to both here.

"Football" also means Gaelic Football. It depends who is saying it.

Also, Why are you people saying "there". Do you not live in Ireland?

Calla pichi

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You are right. I was brought up on Liverpool/Man Utd/Premier League and I always called it Football because that's what I always heard on TV and it just feels normal.

However, Soccer also feels normal because "Sacar" is our word in Irish for it.

Any people I know that like Rugby/GAA. If they say Football, I know it means Gaelic Football. I've heard either word be used all over for the past 40+ years, so there's no one or the other.

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I love an underdog. I hope they go far!

Congrats Ireland! Cheers from Vietnam, our girls are first time in wc too.

You are wrong. Many people in Ireland refer to it as Soccer.

Literally our word in Irish for it is "Sacar"

Both are correct in Ireland.

• Tá mé ag imirt sacair: refers to OPs type of Football (Soccer/Association Football/whatever).
• Tá mé ag imirt peile: refers to Gaelic Football specifically.

I think he meant that "football" refers to "gaelic football".

Not really, I've lived here for 45 years and you have to know by context. Either word is used interchangeably here and always was. Where you live changes it a bit too.

GAA doesn't mean football. Hurling, Handball, Rounders, and Camogie are GAA, but not Football. Football in GAA specifically means Gaelic Football, but you knew that.

If the person is a GAA follower, then you can safely assume "football" is Gaelic Football.

If the person is not a GAA fan, then you can safely assume "football" is Soccer.

And to anyone else who doesn't know, the Irish word for this type of football is "Sacar", pronounced "Soccer", so it's not shunned as it is in England.

Except soccer above the title.

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Lol, west brit