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A similar situation exists in majority anglophone Canada, where the unqualified term " football " refers to gridiron football ( le football canadien or le football américain in Standard French ).

" Soccer " is the name for association football in Canadian English ( similarly, in Canadian French, le soccer ).

Likewise, in majority francophone Quebec, the provincial governing body is the Fédération de Soccer du Québec.

This is unusual compared to francophone countries, where football is generally used.

For example, in FIFA, an acronym for the world governing body of the sport, the " FA " stands for football association ( French for " association football ").

Two of the three MLS teams based in Canada use the suffix " FC " in their names: Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.