Soccer

Soccer

Soccer is a competitive sport usually played between two teams of 11 players with a spherical ball. The object of the game is to kick the ball into the opposing team's goal. Participants are not allowed to use their hands to touch the ball with the exception of throwing the ball back into play after it goes out of bounds.

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unsportsmanlike conduct

Sports; Soccer

rude behavior.

USSF

Sports; Soccer

United States Soccer Federation organization formed in 1913 to govern soccer in America; America's link to FIFA, providing soccer rules and guidelines to players, referees and spectators nationwide.

USYSA

Sports; Soccer

United States Youth Soccer Association the official Youth Division of the organizes and administers youth league competitions, establishes rules and guidelines, and holds clinics and workshops to ...

MLS

Sports; Soccer

Major League Soccer the new U.S. outdoor league scheduled to begin play in the Spring of 1995.

striker

Sports; Soccer

a team's most powerful and best-scoring forward who plays towards the center of the field; also, the name of the mascot for the 1994 World Cup.

NASL

Sports; Soccer

North American Soccer League an outdoor league formed in the U.S. in 1967 that attracted great international players including Pele and huge audiences to the U.S. in the 1970s; folded in 1985.