1·Danny: My brother works for the Soccer Association so I got it through him.
丹尼：我哥哥在足球协会任职，我是托他弄到手的。
2·He remains a big soccer promoter, and is a board member of the team and an official with the Serbian Football Association.
他仍然是一位大足球经纪人，并且是该队董事会的成员，同时也是塞尔维亚足球联盟的一位官员。
3·The term“soccer”is believed to be derived2 from“association”.
人们认为“soccer”这个词是从“association”来的。
4·As Argentina coach came to an end on Tuesday when soccer chiefs voted unanimously not to renew his contract, the country's AFA football association said on Tuesday.
阿根廷足协于本周二宣布，足协官员一致投票决定不再与国家队主教练迭戈·马拉多纳续约，马大帅在阿根廷国家队的执教生涯就此结束。
5·In the 1880s, popular British slang took the soc from association and turned it into soccer.
在19世纪80年代，在大众中流行的英式俚语将association这个词中的soc抽取出来，将其变作了soccer来称呼足球。
6·European football is also called association football or soccer. It began in ancient China.
欧式足球又称英式足球，起源于古代中国。
7·American football is derived from the English game of rugby, and is entirely different from ordinary football, that is, soccer or association football.
美国的橄榄球运动起源于英国的橄榄球赛，同一般的足球运动、即英式足球截然不同。
8·Diego Maradona's spell as Argentina coach came to an end on Tuesday when soccer chiefs voted unanimously not to renew his contract, the country's AFA football association said on Tuesday.
阿根廷足协于本周二宣布，足协官员一致投票决定不再与国家队主教练迭戈·马拉多纳续约，马大帅在阿根廷国家队的执教生涯就此结束。