I assume the contention is the verbiage related to European football? Because “soccer” is the appropriate term, in the US, for the sport where you kick a ball around the field and try to ultimately send it into a net. I understand the rest of the world might disagree 😅.

Intent summary: Argue that “soccer” is the appropriate term in the US for the sport commonly called football elsewhere while acknowledging international disagreement.

The author states, "The first rule of football is… don't call it soccer," and describes avoiding the term "soccer" as crucial to sounding like a knowledgeable long-time fan. com/2014/07/football-soccer-vocabulary/

Intent summary: To support the position that the sport should be called football rather than soccer by citing an external source that frames the terminology as a marker of knowledgeable fandom.