Well, let me tell you, these young folks and their games. My grandson, he plays that… what’s it called? Soccer. Runs around like a chicken with its head cut off. And then there’s football, the one they play on TV all the time. Big fellas, all padded up. Now, them fields they play on, they ain’t the same, no sir.
This soccer field, it’s bigger, I reckon. More room to run around, I suppose. Like a big ol’ pasture, almost. They kick that ball all over the place. My grandson, bless his heart, he’s out there all day in the summer, kicking that ball. Says it helps him with his… agility? I don’t know about all that. Just looks like a lot of running to me.
Now, that football field, it’s different. It’s more… contained, like. Not as wide, I think. Got all them lines on it, like a checkerboard. They’re always talking about yards and downs and such. Don’t make much sense to me, but they sure do get excited about it. Lots of hootin’ and hollerin’ when they watch it on that big TV of theirs.
- That soccer field, it’s wide, you see.
- Football field is more narrow.
- They both got grass, though sometimes it’s that fake stuff.
My old man used to play football, back in the day. Said it was a tough game. Lots of hitting and pushing. Don’t see as much of that in soccer, I don’t think. More about kicking, that soccer is. Though they do fall down a lot, those soccer players. Seems like a little breeze could knock ’em over sometimes.
They tell me these soccer fields ain’t all the same size, neither. Some bigger, some smaller. Like when we plant corn, some fields are bigger than others. Depends on how much land you got, I suppose. But that football field, seems like they’re all the same, from what I can tell on the TV. All those lines and numbers, gotta be the same, right?
One time, my grandson tried to explain it all to me. Said soccer is called football in other places. Confusing, ain’t it? Like calling a biscuit a cookie. Just don’t make sense. But these young folks, they got their own way of talking, I guess. And why they call it soccer here in America? Who knows.
- Soccer is called football somewhere else.
- That’s just plain confusing.
- Why is soccer called soccer here? I don’t know!
Anyway, both them fields, they’re just big patches of grass, far as I’m concerned. One’s a bit wider, one’s got more lines. But they both serve the same purpose, I reckon. Giving them young folks something to do, keep ’em out of trouble. Though I do worry about my grandson sometimes, running around so much in that hot sun. Needs to drink more water, that boy.
Now this soccer field vs football field thing. They say a soccer field can be 100 to 130 yards long. And about 50 to 100 yards wide. That’s a lot of ground to cover. A football field is always about 120 yards long they say, and about 53 yards wide. See? Football field is shorter and not as wide as a soccer field can be.
And they both got them goalposts, or whatever they call ’em. Different shapes, though. Soccer‘s got that big net, like you’d use for fishing, almost. And football’s got them tall, skinny things. Look like giant forks, kinda. I guess it all depends on what you’re trying to do with that ball. Kick it through, throw it through, whatever. I don’t rightly know the rules.
But I’ll tell you what, both them games, they sure do draw a crowd. Folks love to watch ’em. Cheering and yelling, carrying on. It’s a sight to see, I’ll give ’em that. More exciting than watching paint dry, that’s for sure. Soccer and football fields are both rectangle shapes. They are not round. Nope.
- Soccer got a big net.
- Football got them skinny fork things.
- Both games are popular, that’s for sure.
So, there you have it. Soccer field, football field. Different, but the same, in a way. Just like us folks, I suppose. We all got our own quirks and ways of doing things. But we’re all just trying to make our way in this world, ain’t we? Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I hear my grandson calling. Probably wants me to watch him kick that ball around some more. Kids these days! They sure do love their soccer and football.
