Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball. It is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world.

The game is played on a rectangular grass or artificial turf field, with a goal in the centre of each of the short ends. The object of the game is to score by driving the ball into the opposing goal. In general play, the goalkeepers are the only players allowed to use their hands or arms to propel the ball; the rest of the team usually use their feet to kick the ball into position, occasionally using their torso or head to intercept a ball in midair. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition.

The modern game was codified in England following the formation of The Football Association, whose 1863 Laws of the Game created the foundations for the way the sport is played today. Football is governed internationally by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football), commonly known by the acronym FIFA. The most prestigious international football competition is the FIFA World Cup, held every four years.

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Major League . Soccer. players voted to strike if a new labor contract isn't agreed to before the first season opener on March 25.

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Another international . soccer. tournament in Africa, another security concern. Last fall, FIFA had to deal with threats from the separatist group MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) for the U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. ...

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Sat Mar 6 01:57:27 2010

How come black people dominated every sport BUT soccer?
Q. Yes a lot of people that doesn't like soccer or think soccer is for sissy's is because they live in the US but if they live anywhere else Soccer is the most popular sport everywhere so getting that out of the way, you would assumed that since black people dominated mostly every sport but not soccer would there be a reason? Most of the best players of the year are not black. There are some good players but mostly are not black. I'm not racist but I'm just wondering. They are good at basketball, football, sprint, mostly all.
Asked by Shadow - Fri Feb 5 13:25:08 2010 - - 19 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The only sports blacks really dominate in is basketball and running. Football is 60% black and 40% white, I don't consider that completely dominating, but they are the majority. blacks only make up around 9% of baseball, i'm assuming 3% of hockey, most olympic sports(winter and summer) are dominated by whites, boxing is becoming more white (most champions are becoming white) MMA is white dominated, wrestling is white dominated, swimming is white dominated, rugby and soccer are white dominated. I wouldn't say blacks dominate sports, maybe the popular ones, but definitely not all.
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When should you start to play elite soccer and when should you start playing club soccer?
Q. Im gonna play AYSO soccer for the first time this year. But I dont just wanna play AYSO, I want to play elite and when Im good enough, i wanna play club. When should I start to play elite and club soccer? like how many years after playing AYSO?
Asked by Ferny - Fri May 29 00:18:08 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. well starting with AYSO is a good start. I started playing club when I was 9 and i dont know how old you are. my entire AYSO team tryed out for club and only 5 of us made it. but if you really want to get up to play club and elite then you need to get in touch with your local club (not AYSO) and ask them about skills trainers. they can give you a skills trainer who can evaluate you and help you become the player you want to be. I must warn you though... Club soccer and Elite soccer are pretty dang expensive so you need to start saving money.
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How do I watch European soccer in Australia?
Q. I currently have Foxtel. I was hoping to find out if there is any other way to watch soccer matches from europe. Is there a broadcaster that offers variety of leagues from European shores. Premiership, Seria A, Spanish league, Champions league and international games is what I am trying to get but I don't want to pay for all those other foxtel channels that I don't have the use for. I am basically looking for a way of getting just soccer matches.
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A. use espn on foxtel.its on channel 500 and someething.ps:it stands for european sport
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Quotes regarding association football, called also Soccer.

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  • Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas?
  • If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.
  • "You play football with your heart not your feet"
  • "Someone said 'football is more important than life and death to you' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'."
  • Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.
  • "By the 3rd penelty I was half-naked in a dark room......... Thank f**k we won"
  • As long as no-one scored, it was always going to be close.
  • Football, bloody hell!