soccer 
soc·cer (säk′ər)
noun
a game played with a round ball by two teams, usually of eleven players, on a field with a goal at either end: the ball is moved chiefly by kicking or by using any part of the body except the hands and arms
Etymology: altered < (as)soc(iation football)
Converse of object
- chase: Soccer: Neil looks up with U's Soccer: Parky's chasing double delight Soccer: Tony chomping at the bit for.. .
- play: Eight teams of teenage boys, each team with its own mentor, meet to play soccer every Friday evening.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- hail: Soccer: Parky hails young guns Soccer: Liam's happy with points Soccer: Port Vale 0-1 Colchester.. .
- spark: Soccer: Agent sparks fears Soccer: Daddy Danns's double Soccer: Attitude is praised by Williams Soccer: Colchester United.. .
Adjective modifier
- mini: Next season, the boys move from playing mini soccer ( 7 a side ) to normal 11 a side.
- indoor: Hobbies: Indoor soccer, snowboarding, diving, surfing ( badly ) High School: Worcester Grammar School, England.
Modifies a noun
- mom: RESOURCES... over my years of being a soccer mom.
- coaching: This is the origin of the soccer coaching adage " the game is the teacher " .
- drill: Teach soccer training drills and fun youth soccer drills to keep players and kids interested.
- stadium: Nor has Mother Nature prepared herself for the upsurge in golf courses or enclosed soccer stadiums.
- hooligan: Having been a soccer hooligan many years ago, I can testify to its authenticity.
- coach: There has been much speculation about who will be selected to take on the role of England soccer coach.
Used with adjective complement
- impress: Soccer: Gerken out to impress Soccer: No appeal on sending-off Soccer: Liam hits leveler Soccer: Parkinson's praise for.. .
- warn: Soccer: Spireites are well warned Soccer: U's put back in the spotlight Soccer: Parkinson - Fun Day is great.. .
Noun used with modifier
- tidings: Soccer: We're still fighting, says Phil Soccer: Glad tidings Soccer: Swindon Town 1-0 Colchester.. .
- five-a-side: Within the University sports center in the Alma Building are facilities for weight training, five-a-side soccer, martial arts and general fitness.
- youth: Your contribution will help me publish more free resources for youth soccer coaches all over the world.
- robot: The boys from St Cecilia's had much more success with their robot soccer player sweeping all aside in their half of the draw.
- delight: Soccer: Neil looks up with U's Soccer: Parky's chasing double delight Soccer: Tony chomping at the bit for.. .
- coaching: We're proud to be the world's most trusted source of information on every topic imaginable when it comes to coaching soccer.
I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music.
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves.Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.
Soccer is a man's game; not an outing for mamby- pambies.
If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game In a world haunted by thehydrogenand napalm bomb, thefootball field is a place where sanity and hope are still left unmolested.
The world knows the American athlete is superior. It's onlya matter of time before we develop the world's best soccer teams.
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