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Hey guys,

I am writing this dialogue for a client between two people who are watching sports on television. I need to keep the dialogue vague enough so you cannot tell whether they are watching football or soccer.

For instance, here are some questions I have:

It is a football game, but a soccer match. Can those terms be used for the other sport?

Both refer to offense and defense, correct?

Both have passing, but do both refer to blocking? Is the term deflection in soccer? Would it be strange to use that term in a football play by play?

Any other terms you could throw my way would be awesome. Thanks!

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Asaf wrote:Hey guys,

It is a football game, but a soccer match. Can those terms be used for the other sport?

Yes

Asaf wrote:Both refer to offense and defense, correct?

Yes

Asaf wrote:Both have passing, but do both refer to blocking? Is the term deflection in soccer? Would it be strange to use that term in a football play by play?

Blocking is not used in soccer. Neither is deflection. But tackling is.

Asaf wrote:Any other terms you could throw my way would be awesome. Thanks!

I'm more of a soccer person. But I think you can use: Halfback, kick, goal post (between the posts), foul, man to man and zone defense, double team, and I'll try to think of more...

Both have refs, right? and cleats, pads, fields, out of bounds, penalties, and beer.

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I think you can refer to soccer as 'game' but not football as 'match.' I would be careful about pads, as soccer doesn't really have pads (shin guards, yes, but that isn't really referred to as pads).

You already mentioned passing, but I think you could probably use the term 'intercepted' though I'd be careful there. You wouldn't want to say 'interception' as that's only football, really, but 'the pass was intercepted' could cut both ways.

Both games have kick offs, but again, I'd be careful about kicking generally.

They both have coin-tosses too.

Players from both sports get paid ungodly amounts of money.

yeah, you call it a football match and heads are gonna roll.

this is football vs. baseball but it still might be helpful

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smerlin wrote:I'm more of a soccer person. But I think you can use: Halfback, kick, goal post (between the posts), foul, man to man and zone defense, double team, and I'll try to think of more...

Most of these are correct but I wouldn't use "foul". Football rarely makes use of this one. There are "flags on the play", penalties, and whistles blown (that last might cross over) but more often than not penalties are called by name. One that works for both sports is "offsides".

Soccer people, do y'all have:

Interference (Offensive or Defensive)?
Holding?
Delay of Game?
Clipping?
Roughing the kicker?

What are some common soccer fouls? I'm pretty sure headbutting somebody at midfield is out - but other than that, what... too much circling?

Football and soccer both have fullbacks as well as halfbacks.

I've got your back on football terminology, but can't be much help with soccer. You might check with Shannon M. He might have a hand in both pies.

If the point of this is to keep the audience guessing then I would go ahead and throw in something that makes you think, "AH HA!" when really it could go either way. I don't know what that would be... A "flag" in football is the marker to show a penalty, where as the only flags in soccer are in the stands to show support for your team. But something more specific to one sport that could be a bit of a stretch for the other might make it interesting.

For example: In football you can get a penalty for "helmet to helmet" contact right? In Soccer that would just be two guys bumping their crotches together.

Anyway, that's what I would write about.

There are actually flags on the corners of the soccer field.

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In both sports the players wear cleats.

I think it's fair to refer to players from both sports as hunks, uber-men, hotties or strong... really, really strong.

Aden wrote:I think it's fair to refer to players from both sports as hunks, uber-men, hotties or strong... really, really strong.

Thanks, Aden!

smerlin wrote:

Aden wrote:I think it's fair to refer to players from both sports as hunks, uber-men, hotties or strong... really, really strong.

Thanks, Aden!

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