Collocations for "soccer"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "soccer" in context.
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soccer
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n as adj
- a soccer [tournament, match, league, cup, coach]
- wants to [be, become] a (professional) soccer player
- [am on, join, play on] a soccer team
- is a soccer mom
- soccer [ball, boots, kits, equipment, training]
- soccer [scouts, rules, federations, transfers, academies]
- the [World, European, Asian] soccer championships
- [British, American, European, international] soccer
- the [World] Cup of soccer
- [indoor, five-a-side, seven-a-side] soccer
- [school, little league, Major League, children's] soccer
- [professional, semi-professional, amateur] soccer
- [play, teach, instruct, take up] soccer
- soccer is (called) football [in Europe, outside of the US]
'soccer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Spain
- agent
- annual
- arena
- authority
- bang
- best
- blue
- box
- career
- chest
- child
- chip
- coach
- corner
- crotch
- dad
- defeat
- dirty
- dominate
- drawn
- especially
- exercise
- fan
- favorite
- field
- final
- fixture
- football
- franchise
- gambling
- game
- he
- header
- high school
- infant
- injure
- international
- jersey
- kick
- kindle
- lawn
- league
- legend
- lively
- lousy
- manager
- mark
- match
- member