I've seen Europeans ranting about the possibility of it being to the US and saying they want a 'football' WC rather than a 'soccer' WC, and they want it in Australia.
Last time I checked, it's called soccer in Australia, too.
I have friends in Australia, they grew up calling it soccer, but recently it has been renamed to football. So technically you are wrong but generally speaking you are right. The people still consider it soccer because they have their own version of football that they play.