SOCCER Definition & Meaning

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soccer

[ 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

/ ˈ��ɒ��ə /

noun

Also calledAssociation 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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of soccer¹

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of soccer¹

C19: from ( as ) soc. + -er

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He’s proving to be a difference-maker, a fearless attacker who doesn’t know — or won’t accept — his place among soccer’s brightest lights.

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Twins Boone and Ford Casady are finding lots of time at Crossroads to play baseball and soccer for their school teams, then focus on their outside school sports love — pickleball.

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Wearing a crisp outfit of brown khakis, an Ecuador soccer jersey, Harold Lloyd-style glasses and a 1988 Dodgers World Series championship ring that was simultaneously brilliant yet understated, he greeted them all by name.

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In the original Games plan proposed before the construction of BMO Stadium, the venue was meant to house preliminary rounds for soccer.

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He also has experience in sports ownership in English soccer.

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