professional soccer

collocation in English

meaningsofprofessionalandsoccer

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professional
adjective
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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soccer
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɒk.ər/us
/ˈsɑː.kɚ/
a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandsoccerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofessional soccer

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Professionalsoccermanagers send their sons there to be trained.
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Aprofessionalsoccerplayer may risk an operation, which for a less athletic individual would represent an unnecessary risk that might jeopardize her ability to even walk.
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If the objective (ofprofessionalsoccer) is to entertain the crowd, then a slower, lower scoring game is unlikely to be considered an enhancement to their enjoyment.
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I ask him how he can sustain his discrimination betweenprofessionalsoccerand professional county cricket.
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He retired fromprofessionalsoccerin 1976.
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In 2007, he retired fromprofessionalsoccer.
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He was briefly aprofessionalsoccerplayer.
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It was the club's twenty-fifth season inprofessionalsoccer.
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It was the club's twenty-fourth season inprofessionalsoccer.
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It was the club's twenty-third season inprofessionalsoccer.
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Someprofessionalsoccerplayers also shave their legs.
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That was his last season ofprofessionalsoccer.
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It was the club's twenty-seventh season inprofessionalsoccer.
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It was the club's twenty-sixth season inprofessionalsoccer.
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It was the club's twenty-eighth season inprofessionalsoccer.
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We were living the life of aprofessionalsoccerplayer.
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His boyhood ambition was to become aprofessionalsoccerplayer.
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This was followed by provincialprofessionalsoccertournaments.
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Information about the number of permits granted toprofessionalsoccerplayers and their nationality is not available.
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They do not seem to have any problem whatsoever, and they might be able to give some guidance toprofessionalsoccer.
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It was also the thirty-first season of the club inprofessionalsoccer.
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This marked the entire club's thirty-seventh season inprofessionalsoccer.
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In 2012, 130 children from youth teams ofprofessionalsoccerclubs in 8 countries attended.
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He did not sign with them and leftprofessionalsoccerfor two years.
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It was part of the club's fourteenth season inprofessionalsoccer.
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