association football
nounDefinition of association football
: soccer
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Savage: Total Football is a Dutch theory for association football. — Eli Enis, Billboard, "Parquet Courts on Resisting Nihilism & Why Working With Kids Was 'Pretty Scary'," 16 May 2018 In 1950, association football was lost in the American sporting wilderness. — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, "Craziest FIFA World Cup moments: Zinedine Zidane's headbutt, biggest upset, 'Hand of God'," 6 June 2018 Savage: Total Football is a Dutch theory for association football. — Eli Enis, Billboard, "Parquet Courts on Resisting Nihilism & Why Working With Kids Was 'Pretty Scary'," 16 May 2018 While promoting his new film Rock the Kasbah, the Chicago Fire actor compared the number of children he and Gaga plan to have to a sports team, perhaps forgetting that in association football, there are 10 field players and one goalkeeper. — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, "Look Out, World: Taylor Kinney Says He and Lady Gaga Want a "Soccer Team" of Kids," 20 Oct. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'association football.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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