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@kbin.social
      111·
      10 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

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      01·
      10 months ago

      But not mexico or stuff in central / south america