2009 Dynamo & USMNT Soccer Thread

[Keith]

Originally Posted by papabear

I would correct them if they called a football field a "pitch" just like they correct me when I refer to the "pitch" as a field.

This.

As the saying goes, when in Rome...

I think within a strictly U.S. context, sawker is player on a field, wearing a uniform, etc... but beyond our borders (and maybe those of a couple other countries), everyone else from a global context seems to use the other terms. Just easier to communicate. I'm no euro-snob by any stretch, but having watched enough EPL "matches" on the "telly" , some of the lingo just starts to become second nature sometimes.