If I’m talking to an English speaker from outside of the US, is there any confusion if I say “soccer”?

For example, when I was in college a friend asked for a “torch”. I was confused for quite some time, because I didn’t know it was another word for “flashlight”. Does the same thing happen with the word “soccer”? Should I clarify by saying, “…or football”?

Thank you!

  • Th4tGuyII
    17•6 months ago

    Canada is in North America the continent, which the US (sometimes referred to as America) is also in - saying Canada is America is like saying Great Britain is Europe

    Edit: NA is a sub-continent, not the continent

    Edit 2: Scratch Edit 1

      • Th4tGuyII
        2•6 months ago

        Looked it up properly, you’re right. I shouldn’t have second-guessed myself

        • @[email protected]
          1•6 months ago

          I think I have seen Central America referred to as a sub continent, but that doesn’t really make sense other than to create a formal differentiation between them and USA/Canada.