Regardless of what names you call them, there are two common factors in these sports between our two countries:
1.) they're still a colossal waste of time, no matter where you live
2.) despite what name you call them where you live, they exist for one reason: so that when you team wins, you riot, and, if your team loses, you riot.
The only difference I've seen between how the two countries interact with their sports. In the UK, the fans riot in the stands. In the US, we riot in the streets.