How to Use soccer in a Sentence

soccer

noun
  • Both of their children play soccer.
  • Nine years ago, the club was in the fifth tier of English soccer.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 28 May 2023
  • His passion is soccer, Ms. Heiman’s the world of trance.
    Roger Cohen Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The soccer ball will light up when kicked or bounced, and the lights will turn off when unused.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023
  • It was first seen in June of 2020 at a soccer match, per Hello!.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Olivia Moultrie’s fight for the right to play kicked off a U.S. soccer youth movement.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Women’s soccer has come a long way since the first Women’s World Cup in 1991.
    Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • The choice, for him, was never going to be a hard one to make—soccer was his favorite.
    Condé Nast, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The club plays its home games at Torero Stadium, which seats 6,000 for soccer.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • This is part of The Dallas Morning News’ award winners for the 2023 soccer season.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • He was being kicked around like a soccer ball in the middle of a Premier League match in Europe.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
  • Carroll County boys soccer was full of balance in 2022 and this season should be more of the same.
    Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Ten years ago, Jeffries was the man in the proverbial ring, hired to bring a professional soccer team back to the Queen City.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The nearly 500-foot-wide beach has many users, from surfers and sun tanners to volleyball and soccer teams.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Hanks and Roberts — who snapped a few behind-the-scenes photos with Cher — also raved about their love for soccer on the show.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 Dec. 2023
  • And maybe by the start of the 2026 soccer season, Current fans will be able to ride — rather than drive —to see a match, watch the river flow and the downtown skyline light up.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The teenage girls, some of the most talented young soccer players in Afghanistan, were playing against a Portuguese youth club.
    Marie Margolius, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The proud mom thanked the soccer star and others for making the special moment happen for her little guy.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Outside there will be a soccer field and a basketball court for the residents.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • The same thing happened at a soccer game at Emirates Stadium this year, Mertz said.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Set in Iraq 2009, the film is about a soccer-crazy boy who loses a leg because of his father’s questionable job.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The bulk of the film is set in Rome and the cast underwent a boot camp under the tutelage of soccer choreographer Mike Delaney.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The team’s arrival interrupts a little soccer game by the runway.
    Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • By comparison, one quantum dot is to a soccer ball as a soccer ball is to the planet Earth.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But maybe Miller’s son, or your son or daughter, doesn’t like soccer, or another sport.
    Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • No one rushed to get a defibrillator for the teenage soccer player.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 10 May 2023
  • Beechwood High School has hired Guima Camil as its new varsity head girls soccer coach.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2023
  • This summer, the country’s soccer league has gone on a signing spree that is years in the making when seen in the context of other transactions.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 30 July 2023
  • The problem is that soccer can be overwhelmingly short-term.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Page has been linked to copywriter and soccer player Emily Brown since 2019.
    Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023

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