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soccer

soc·cer

UK/ˈsɒk.ə/ US/ˈsɑk.ɚ/ common us

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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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Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

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