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soccer

British, association football

[sok-er]

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noun

a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.

soccer

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noun

Also called: Association Football.��
1. a game in which two teams of eleven players try to kick or head a ball into their opponent's goal, only the goalkeeper on either side being allowed to touch the ball with his hands and arms except in the case of throw-ins
2. ( as modifier )
  a soccer player

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Word History and Origins

Origin of soccer¹

First recorded in 1890–95; (As)soc(iation football) + -er ⁷

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Word History and Origins

Origin of soccer¹

C19: from ( as ) soc. + -er

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For years Allègre has partnered with fashion, music and sportswear companies in an effort to make PSG a lifestyle brand connected to a soccer club rather than the other way around.

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The tensions were also felt at a major soccer match Saturday evening at SoFi Stadium.

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“I am a soccer fan but today we are not for soccer,” he said in Spanish.

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So the possibility that federal immigration officials will be on-site at a major international soccer match less than a year before the World Cup returns to the U.S. figures to inflame an already tense situation.

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The U.S. didn’t have a first-division soccer league then and its national team had played in just one World Cup since 1950.

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so-called soccer mom

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