Definitions
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- noun a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
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Examples
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Farmboy - you know that "Soccer" was derived from the term Association Football, to differentiate it from "Rugger" (Rugby Football)?
Autoblog Sam Abuelsamid 2010
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The other became known as Association Football which was shortened to 'soccer' in countries which played both types of games.
Ace of Spades HQ 2010
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The game was then called Association Football, and kicking formed a large part of it.
Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball William Hanford Edwards
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I was wondering why the match was being called "football" as well as the FAI seem more intent on calling Association Football "soccer" these days - see their flagship programme Monday Night Soccer and their new website soccer republic eircom Soccer Republic | The home of Irish Soccer
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I was wondering why the match was being called "football" as well as the FAI seem more intent on calling Association Football "soccer" these days - see their flagship programme Monday Night Soccer and their new website soccer republic eircom Soccer Republic | The home of Irish Soccer
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The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the latter men are the missiles.
Football (soccer) and American football quotes # 2 Rene Meertens 2010
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And, away from Association Football, there's also the much-feared Madden Curse.
World Cup special: part six – Is the Nike TV advert cursed? 2010
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The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the latter men are the missiles.
Archive 2010-07-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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Max Bergmann is an editor of Association Football, an American soccer blog (www. assoc-football.com)
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Ken Gude writes for the soccer blog Association Football, and is an associate director at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Soccer
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