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noun

soccer

CEFR A1

football: a game in which two teams of eleven players try to kick a ball into the other team's goal

In a sentence

Six example sentences with soccer, each labelled with its topic.

  • A soccer midfielder covers about seven miles a match, sprinting between the two goals for ninety minutes.

    Fitness

  • England codified the rules of soccer in 1863, agreeing at last that outfield players could not carry the ball.

    History

  • Half the town walks to the stadium on Sunday to watch a soccer match, scarves knotted against the wind.

    Travel

  • Soccer transfer fees now rival the budgets of small towns, and clubs borrow against future ticket sales to pay them.

    Economics

  • The soccer video game updates every player's rating weekly, so a striker's slump shows up in living rooms by Friday.

    Gaming

  • The film follows a girls' soccer team in a mining town, and the final match is shot like a thriller.

    Movies

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