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Afl vs Soccer - What's the difference?

afl | soccer |

In australian rules football terms the difference between afl and soccer

is that afl is Australian Football League while soccer is to kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

As an initialism AFL

is Australian Football League.

As a noun soccer is

association football, a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their feet.

As a verb soccer is

to kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

afl

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • (Australian rules football) .
  • (American football) .
  • (US, labor union) .
  • (obsolete, American football) .

    • Usage notes

    * (Australian Football League) Although the AFL was created in 1990, with the inclusion of teams from other states into the Victorian Football League (VFL), historical games and statistics from before that date are commonly referred to as being those of the AFL. * (American Football League) Four different leagues have used this name. The most common usage of "AFL" refers to the fourth American Football League, which operated from 1960 to 1969 and merged into the National Football League (NFL) in 1970. As part of the merger agreement, all games and statistics from the 1960–1969 AFL are included in NFL records.

    Synonyms

    * (Australian Football League) VFL (before 1990 ) * (labor union) AF of L

    See also

    * ARL * VFA * VFL

    Anagrams

    * Australian English English initialisms

    soccer

    English

    (wikipedia soccer)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Association football]], a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their [[foot, feet.

    • Usage notes

    *football (meaning "soccer") is more commonly used in the UK.

    Synonyms

    * association football * football

    Derived terms

    * soccer mom

    Related terms

    * rugger

    See also

    * (Association football)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
  • * 1990 Geoffrey Blainey, A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football , 2003, Black Inc. Publishing, p73.
    • The rule seems to have encouraged players to soccer the ball along the ground.
  • * 2008 , John Devaney, Full Points Footy?s WA Football Companion , page 334,
    • West Perth seemed on the verge of victory, only to succumb by 4 points after a soccered goal from Old Easts with less than half a minute remaining.
  • * 2010 March 27, Michael Whiting, “Lions give Fev debut to remember”, AFL - The official site of the Australian Football League .
    • Fevola showed the best and worst of his play after dropping a simple chest mark, only to regather seconds later and soccer the ball through from the most acute of angles.

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