I hate soccer and will make jokes about soccer but I don't need to proclaim that another sport is better than soccer whenever someone mentions soccer.
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"Soccer" is as British as it is American: We read World Soccer magazine, we watch Soccer Saturday on TV, we play Pro Evolution Soccer on our consoles.
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It is one of at least a half-dozen soccer books released in the past month, on topics like soccer development, soccer history, soccer tactics and even soccer's economics.
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Soccer Mommy — who is cool — is named after soccer.
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The DC United Soccer team will do soccer demonstrations, a nod to 11-year-old first son Barron's passion for soccer.
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The three soccer officials on trial in Brooklyn are Juan Ángel Napout, former president of the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL and Paraguay's soccer federation; Manuel Burga, former president of Peru's soccer federation; and José Maria Marin, former president of Brazil's soccer federation.
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We all like soccer and watching soccer with our families.
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" Mr. Marchioni added: "Soccer is like life, soccer is life.
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American Soccer men team American Soccer women team#USAvNED #USWNT pic.twitter.
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I've been watching soccer my whole life—international soccer at that.
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This is about soccer, and the people who populate the soccer community.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Behind most millionaire soccer stars stands a successful soccer agent.
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Why watch tiny soccer, when you can watch regular-sized soccer, right?
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Foreigners' soccer was viewed with haughty indifference by the English soccer establishment.
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" All the blue countries call it "soccer," or some translation of "soccer.
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Then there are the three still-active indoor leagues: the Major Arena Soccer League, the Western Indoor Soccer League, and the Premier Arena Soccer League.
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In soccer, 28 members of the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a lawsuit in March against the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) for wage discrimination.
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The Mexican soccer federation is also part of a joint bid with U.S. Soccer and the Canadian soccer federation to host FIFA's 2026 World Cup.
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Other countries have the advantage of a shared identity, and an understanding of what soccer is, what beautiful soccer is and what beautiful soccer isn't.
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First, we should define the soccer girl look (and I should say that I'm only saying "soccer girl" instead of "soccer woman" because that's already the accepted nomenclature, born, perhaps, out of our youthful reverence for the soccer girls).
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Current and former professional soccer players, lawmakers and other Beltway bigwigs convened at Washington's RFK Stadium to play in the U.S. Soccer Foundation's Capital Soccer Classic.
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As the national governing body for soccer in the United States, U.S. Soccer has the authority to sanction all professional soccer matches played in the country.
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Any youth soccer player will know the embarrassment of having a soccer dad.
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"Peyton thought, 'hey, if Derek loved soccer, then I love soccer,' " West said.
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Is someone sexist because they enjoy watching men's soccer more than women's soccer?
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There was a soccer ball and a net, but it was not soccer.
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On Soccer Women's soccer took the main stage in Europe over the weekend.
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As a Brazilian soccer fan, talking to a German soccer fan... EA: That's me!
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And Greece has a pretty good soccer team and I knew Iraqis love soccer.
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U.S. Soccer said in a statement that developing women's soccer was a top priority.
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I don't play soccer, but I know the importance of soccer in this country.
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I have been on an all girls soccer team and co-ed soccer teams.
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U.C.L.A. men's soccer coach Salcedo has been U.C.L.A.'s men's soccer coach since 2004.
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Sunil Gulati, the president of U.S. Soccer, has been an advocate for women's soccer.
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Not so long ago, the North American Soccer League took aim at Major League Soccer, with the goal of supplanting it as the top soccer circuit in America.
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Several leagues popped up to fill the void, such as the Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer League, and American Soccer League, but they were perpetually financially strapped.
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There was a Continental Indoor Soccer League, a National Professional Soccer League, and three iterations of the Major Indoor Soccer League, none of which lasted longer than 14 years.
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Carter is the president of Soccer United Marketing, the somewhat opaque marketing arm of Major League Soccer that also has a significant (and profitable) business relationship with U.S. Soccer.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It turns soccer into something exciting, but isn&apost like soccer at all.
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Crests are like logos for soccer federations, and they are treated reverentially by soccer enthusiasts.
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But Jess wants to play soccer — and there's no room for soccer in their plan.
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Soccer is global, there's no high school soccer in America that's left at any level.
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Until then, the big place to play rec soccer is Kendall Soccer Park, Tropical Park.
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On Soccer German fans protest anything that they feel threatens soccer as they know it.
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His relationship with soccer has never changed, he said, but soccer itself is markedly different.
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And while he is leaving U.S. Soccer, Flynn's career in soccer may not be ending.
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The three former officials on trial in Brooklyn are Juan Ángel Napout, former president of the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL and Paraguay's soccer federation; Manuel Burga, former president of Peru's soccer federation; and José Maria Marin, former president of Brazil's soccer federation.
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Juan Ángel Napout, formerly president of the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL and Paraguay's soccer federation, Manuel Burga, former president of Peru's soccer federation and José Maria Marin, the former president of Brazil's soccer federation are on trial in federal court in Brooklyn.
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He briefly played professional soccer and entered soccer politics in the early 43s, rising to become president of Brazil's top soccer body, known by the Portuguese acronym CBF, in 2012.
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Esquivel, a former Venezuelan national soccer federation president and executive committee member of the South American soccer confederation CONMEBOL, was arrested in Zurich in May with six other soccer officials.
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Hope Solo, the controversial soccer star who is arguably the greatest goalkeeper in U.S. soccer history, made the surprise announcement Thursday night that she is running for U.S. Soccer president.
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Outspoken soccer star Megan Rapinoe also knelt during a National Women's Soccer League game on Sunday.
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Facebook Messenger launched a hidden soccer game to commemorate the UEFA European soccer championship on Wednesday.
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"There are more women who want to watch soccer and soccer played by women," said Pujol.
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Soccer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — In international soccer, the United Arab Emirates is looking good.
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Sarah Ginsburg, the soccer player, said she believed the district overreacted by forfeiting their soccer game.
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That doesn't mean she has to quit the soccer team because she's already great at soccer.
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Soccer is soccer, though, and building a winning team is mostly the same the world over.
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Additionally, U.S. Soccer mandates that all domestic professional leagues—MLS, the North American Soccer League, etc.
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On Soccer Europe's rise as a women's soccer power has been on full display in France.
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The Club América and Cruz Azul soccer teams, and the Mexican national soccer team, play there.
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His previous soccer book, on the rise of soccer fandom in America, was published in 2016.
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He'll be a huge asset to the soccer team, but soccer games don't fill the stands.
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History The X.F.L., the W.F.L. and the U.S.F.L. Roller hockey, indoor soccer and women's soccer leagues.
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A teenage girl who did not play soccer magically became a star soccer recruit at Yale.
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And retired soccer legend Mia Hamm, who's also an Olympic and World Cup champion and founder of the Team First Soccer Academy, invited Mili to attend one of her soccer camps.
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Go deeper: Stanford wins women's soccer title Study: Concussion risk for girls in soccer second only to boys in football Australia women's soccer players to get equal pay after historic deal
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The testimony came on the second day of the trial of Juan Ángel Napout, former president of the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL and Paraguay's soccer federation; Manuel Burga, former president of Peru's soccer federation; and José Maria Marin, former president of Brazil's soccer federation.
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"US Soccer has invested more in women's soccer than any country in the world, and we will continue to invest more in women's soccer than any country in the world," Cordeiro said.
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Burga is on trial alongside Juan Ángel Napout, former president of the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL and Paraguay's soccer federation, and José Maria Marin, former president of Brazil's soccer federation.
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STEVEN A. KING, Philadelphia Fix the Soccer Gender Gap To the Sports Editor: Re "A Tennis Trailblazer Leads the Charge for Women's Soccer," March 7: Soccer teaches perseverance, commitment, devotion and patience.
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For most women's soccer stars, earning the Most Valuable Player award in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) — the highest-caliber women's soccer league on the planet — would be a dream realized.
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Besides the equal pay lawsuit, U.S. Soccer has been sued by a number of other parties in recent years, including the North American Soccer League and the U.S. Soccer Foundation, a charity.
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U.S. Soccer brought in the Mexican and Canadian Soccer Federations to help handle national team players' salaries.
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For soccer fans, there's also the Premier League Pass and subscription add-ons like Fox Soccer Plus.
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The soccer itself is very self-organized in the same way that schoolyard soccer is self organized.
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But a bicycle kick—well, a bicycle kick is probably the most un-soccer thing in soccer.
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In March the U.S. women's soccer team sued governing body U.S. Soccer alleging gender discrimination in earnings.
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Team USA soccer legend Clint Dempsey is hanging up his cleats -- announcing he's retiring from professional soccer.
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A show inspired by the Argentine soccer star will be the entertainment company's first foray into soccer.
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He even briefly coached Kuwait's national soccer team, years before his abrupt departure from soccer this spring.
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The American soccer player Joy Fawcett was a pioneer for women on and off the soccer field.
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US Soccer contends that men's and women's soccer are separate entities because "men are bigger, stronger, faster."
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Among them were Julio Grondona, a top FIFA official and president of Argentina's soccer association until he died in 2014; Ricardo Teixeira, the longtime president of Brazil's soccer association until 2012; and Nicolás Leoz, the former president of Paraguay's soccer association, and South America's top soccer official until 2013.
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Coconspirator Laura Janke, a former USC soccer coach who has pleaded guilty in the scheme, then fabricated a soccer profile for the teen that showed him playing for private soccer clubs in Canada.
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The student, who did not play soccer, was described as the co-captain of a prominent club soccer team in Southern California in order to be recruited for the Yale women's soccer team.
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This aesthetic is tricky to define but can be worn by soccer players and non-soccer players alike.
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"We are not soccer fans... we didn't even know soccer rules," Aleksandr told Reuters, while stroking the puma.
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Well, technically, they already started with women's soccer on Wednesday (a USA victory!) and men's soccer on Thursday.
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Soccer and dementia Some players have questioned whether soccer is having a concussion crisis, similar to American football.
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The global soccer body's ethics committee in October had banned Makudi from all soccer activities for 90 days.
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Tell the Google Assistant your favorite soccer team, and it remembers that information; Siri just lists soccer fixtures.
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Hyperrealistic video games like the FIFA series and Pro Evolution Soccer are changing the way soccer is played.
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Major League Soccer has long been a retirement home for some of the world's most talented soccer players.
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Their professional league, the National Women's Soccer League, is underwritten by the federation and the Canadian Soccer Association.
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I was playing an intense pickup match of soccer, as we did most afternoons in soccer-crazed Haiti.
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The United States women's national soccer team is the most successful team in women's soccer in the world.
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But he's admitted he's not a soccer guy, and he's saying he's going to hire the soccer guy.
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However, soccer—and soccer fandom—has played a vital role in the complicated recent history of the country.
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But the regulations only address U.S. Soccer youth national teams and academies, including Major League soccer youth teams.
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Emails to FIFA, Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer seeking comment on the suit were not immediately returned.
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Its spokesmen said that revenue, attendance and television numbers for men's soccer usually dwarfed those of women's soccer.
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Soccer forwardAge: 34How he dominated the decade: Cristiano Ronaldo plays soccer like he was built in a laboratory.
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Related Resources: In Fight for Equality, U.S. Women's Soccer Team Leads the Way Pay Disparity in U.S. Soccer?
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As a teenagers, Velasquez and his friends spent endless hours at Carolina Indoor Soccer, a local soccer facility.
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"We (European soccer nations) are closing the gap with the USA," Georgie Hodge, head of women's soccer at Base Soccer Agency and part of the Adobe Stock "Squad behind the Squad" campaign, told CNBC.
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I have to give soccer balls at least a B. Because the soccer ball shape—all those little polygons put together—when you make a soccer ball it's actually something called a truncated icosahedron.
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Burga was charged along with Juan Angel Napout, the former president of the South American soccer governing body CONMEBOL and Paraguay's soccer federation, and Jose Maria Marin, former president of Brazil' soccer federation, with taking bribes in exchange for the award of valuable marketing and media rights to international soccer matches.
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"The US Soccer Federation continues to be delinquent in its responsibility to promote the growth of soccer, by instead protecting the bottom line of its business partner, Soccer United Marketing, the marketing arm of MLS," said Relevent's CEO Daniel Sillman, referring to the U.S. professional men's league, Major League Soccer.
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A son of soccer-mad parents Mark (a former Harrisburg Heat star) and Kelley, Pulisic played club soccer for the Michigan Rush and then for the Pennsylvania Classics in the United States Soccer Development Academy.
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Known as Soccer Town USA, Kearny traces its soccer roots to 1870, when soccer-playing immigrants from Scotland and Ireland came to work for two Scottish-owned companies, the Clark Thread Company and Nairn Linoleum.
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Relevent has written approval for the match from both Ecuador's soccer federation and Conmebol, the governing body for soccer in South America, but according to the lawsuit, U.S. Soccer has refused to sanction the game.
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It has promised to clean up and reorganize professional soccer and build a new generation of players by creating tens of thousands of soccer fields and adding soccer programs in tens of thousands of schools.
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There is now a sad lack of soccer girl movies, but soccer girls are represented in other art forms.
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Facebook also streamed regular season matches of American soccer through a partnership with Major League Soccer and Univision Deportes.
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Hope Solo's soccer career could be over after U.S. Soccer suspended her and the national team terminated her contract.
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After Mayweather, there are soccer players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, followed by McGregor, and another soccer player, Neymar.
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But Euro 2016 has so far shown all the ways in which international soccer is superior to club soccer.
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In 2013, the Dutch soccer federation (the KNVB) began researching the feasibility of using video replay technology in soccer.
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Global Soccer LONDON — Time, and the record books, still divide the city of Madrid when it comes to soccer.
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"Diego is a great soccer player, with a lot of talent and a bright future," Lodeiro told MLS Soccer.
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Perhaps surprisingly for a soccer-crazed host country, around 800,000 of the unsold Games tickets are for soccer matches.
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In soccer, for instance, there are 322 women's soccer teams in the highest division, up from 82 in 1990.
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Then there's the fact that little Johnny Soccer Fan isn't going to find a soccer hero from his country.
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The decree does not specify particular events, but soccer authorities have confirmed that it concerns all professional soccer games.
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And "Futsal Shuffle" is just one of numerous times rappers have shown love to soccer and soccer-adjacent sports.
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He was also arrested after being accused of inciting soccer violence, as a supporter of the Luton soccer club.
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The disciplinary committee of UEFA, which oversees European soccer, fined and sanctioned the Russian soccer federation as a result.
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SOCCER MOMMY Sophie Allison's first recordings as Soccer Mommy were homemade, seemingly tentative songs about yearning and deep insecurity.
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The decree does not specify particular events, but soccer authorities have confirmed that it concerns all professional soccer games.
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Mr. Murphy dressed his children in local soccer jerseys and participated in a pickup soccer match with German politicians.
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Rory Smith on Soccer If you think there are a lot of meaningless international games in soccer, you're right.
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United Soccer League President Jake Edwards discusses the growth of his league and its relationship with Major League Soccer.
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British soccer star David Beckham said his new Major League Soccer team couldn't have been anywhere else but Miami.
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"This is what being a soccer fan is like," said Szymanski, who grew up with vicissitudes of English soccer.
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The model and former soccer player received the honor for his soccer career as a player for Manchester United.
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Others include Miami-based sports marketing executive Aaron Davidson, Hector Trujillo, a judge from Guatemala and ex-official with its soccer federation, ex-Cayman Islands soccer official Costas Takkas, and ex-Venezuelan soccer official Rafael Esquivel.
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Others include Miami-based sports marketing executive Aaron Davidson, Hector Trujillo, a judge from Guatemala and ex-official with its soccer federation, former Cayman Islands soccer official Costas Takkas and ex-Venezuelan soccer official Rafael Esquivel.
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To make this exchange program truly thrive, I would need to add soccer into the mix so that the soccer players can use a football (still not optimal) and basketball players can use a soccer ball.
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Go deeper: Australia women's soccer players to get equal pay after historic deal Judge: U.S. women's soccer team subject to discriminatory working conditions Study: Concussion risk for girls in soccer second only to boys in football
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