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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915 Fair Play Limit

Sports; Soccer

915 Fair Play Limit is a vanishing spray, a substance applied to an athletic field in order to provide a temporary visual marker for use by both players and referees for the purpose of ensuring fair ...

United States Virgin Islands national soccer team

Sports; Soccer

The U.S. Virgin Islands national soccer team, nicknamed The dashing eagle, is the national team of the U.S. Virgin Islands and is controlled by the U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation. Though FIFA ...

clean fuels

Sports; Soccer

Another word for burning. Many important pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulates (PM-10) are combustion products, often products of the burning of fuels such as coal, ...

goalkeeper

Sports; Soccer

The specialized player who is the last line of defense, who is allowed to control the ball with his hands when in the goal area.

kickoff

Sports; Soccer

The kickoff is taken from the center spot at the start of play at the beginning of each half and after a goal has been scored.

offside

Sports; Soccer

A player is in an offside position if he is nearer to his opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second-to-last opponent. This does not apply if the players is is on their half of the ...

penalty

Sports; Soccer

A penalty kick is awarded when a foul has been committed inside the penalty area in front of the goal. A penalty is taken by one player opposed only by the goal keeper.