Soccer

Soccer

Soccer is a competitive sport usually played between two teams of 11 players with a spherical ball. The object of the game is to kick the ball into the opposing team's goal. Participants are not allowed to use their hands to touch the ball with the exception of throwing the ball back into play after it goes out of bounds.

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advantage rule

Sports; Soccer

a clause in the rules that directs the referee to refrain from stopping play for a foul if a stoppage would benefit the team that committed the violation.

advantages

Sports; Soccer

situations where a team has possession of the ball and outnumbers the opposition near the opposing goal.

regulation game

Sports; Soccer

two completed periods of a game, prior to any overtime or tiebreaker.

APSL

Sports; Soccer

American Professional Soccer League the nation's only outdoor professional soccer league since 1991, consisting of 8 teams in the U.S. and Canada (expanding to 12 by 1995).