The term 'SOCCER' is a shortened version of the word 'association football', which is a sport played between two teams of eleven players. It is the most popular sport in the world, with over 250 million people playing it in more than 200 countries. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score by using any part of the body except the arms and hands to get the ball into the opposing team's goal. The term 'NIL' is used to describe a score of zero in SOCCER.