: a game played on a field between two teams of 11 players each with the object to propel a round ball into the opponent's goal by kicking or by hitting it with any part of the body except the hands and arms
called alsoassociation football
Example Sentences
Both of their children play soccer.
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Word History
Etymology
by shortening & alteration from association football