Funfact soccer is a British word not an American one. The British popularized it.

The same thing happened with aluminum. The current American way of saying it is actually the original British wah. Since they made it.

The British changed and America just stuck to the original way the British wanted everyone to say it.

So again it’s not America who’s wrong, it’s the British being stupid telling people what to do. Then getting mad when they do it.