Noob will be continually adding more; wip
2. Bundesliga – Germany’s second-highest league
10 to Track – per Noob, the ten most important games to watch on any given calendar date from the new-ish American global soccer fan perspective. Sometimes games featuring “adopted” teams wriggle in.
A-League – see “Australian A-League”
AFC – see “Asian Football Confederation”
AFC Champions League – top postseason club tournament in Asia
adoption – Noob status for a team to get cheered for indefinitely
aggregate – how many goals each team has scored, usu. used when two teams play each other home and away as part of a specific competition
Allsvenskanliga – Sweden’s highest league
apertura – the opening half of a full season in many Latin countries. It has its own champion.
Ascenso MX – Mexico’s second-highest league
Asian Football Confederation – the governing body of club and national soccer in Asia
association football – for Americans: soccer. This is as distinct from rugby football.
Australian A-League – Australia’s highest league
Austrian Bundesliga – Austria’s highest league
away-goals – the number of goals a team scored in a match away from home; nearly always in the context of a tournament home-and-away series (“tie”) with another team and used as a tiebreaker if the “aggregate” is even after both matches
Bundesliga – Germany’s highest league
CAF – see “Confederation of African Football”
CAF Confederation Cup – the second-most prestigious club tournament in Africa
CL – champions league
CONCACAF – see “Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football”
CONCACAF League – a continental tournament of Central American and Caribbean national teams
CONCACAF Champions League – top postseason club tournament of North, Central America and the Caribbean
CONMEBOL – see “South American Football Confederation”
Canadia – Canada. If you must. (also adj. “Canadiaian”)
Champions League – also referred to as UEFA Champions League. The best club teams from each European nation qualify for this postseason continental tournament
Championship – as proper noun, usu. refers to the “English Football League Championship”
Cherries – AFC Bournemouth of the English Premiere League. Noob hearts them.
clausura – the second half of a full season in many Latin countries. it has its own champion
club – a team franchise
competition proper – usu. the Group Stage of a non-league competition, as compared to its earlier “qualifying rounds”
Confederation of African Football – the governing body of club and national soccer in Africa
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football – the governing body for club and national soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean region
continental confederation – an organization that governs the league and national soccer for a continent
copa – see “cup”
Copa Aguila – Copa Colombia. For some reason, Colombia’s main soccer sponsor name is more ubiquitous in place of the nation’s name compared to most other places.
Copa Sudamericana – the second-best postseason South American club tournament; equiv. to Europa League
coupe – see “cup”
Coupe de la Ligue club competition in France open to teams in the highest three leagues there cup a club tournament competition in a country other than league play
Cup – a type of tournament in which the loser of a single game or bracket is eliminated from the event, or at least being able to win; also called “knockout”
D-Twosday – Noob’s weekly celebration of American division two (second highest leagues) soccer
Division Two – (oft. lowercase) Noob nomenclature for collectively the two second-highest American leagues
draw – 1) result of a game in which both tams end with the same score (see “tie” for it’s wholly different definition). 2.) the random determination method by which teams in a competition are placed in which groups or pods
EFL – 1) “English Football League”; 2) see “English Football League Championship
EFL Championship – see “English Football League Championship”
EFL Cup – club competition in England open to teams in the top four highest leagues there
EFL Trophy – club competition in England open to teams from the third and fourth-highest leagues there, plus reserve and U21 from the top two leagues
Eerste Divisie – Netherlands’ second-highest league
Ekstraklasa – Poland’s highest league
Eliteserien – Norway’s highest league
English Football League – organization of English (and some Welsh) teams, comprised of the second through fourth-highest leagues there
English Football League Championship – the second-highest league in England and the highest league in the English Football League
English Premiere League – perhaps worldwide even more often referred to as “The Premiere League”, it is England’s highest league. Also often abbreviated EPL
Eredivisie – Netherlands’ highest league
Europa League – Europe’s second-highest postseason club tournament. The best teams that don’t qualify for UEFA Champions League are invited.
FAI – see “Football Association of Ireland”
FIFA – see “Federation Internationale de Football Association”
FIFA World Cup – international association football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams under FIFA
Fall Season – the autumnal half of NASL’s full season; similar to Clausura
Federation Internationale de Football Association – international governing body of football (and futsal, and beach soccer)
football – soccer
Football Association of Ireland – the governing body for football in the Republic of Ireland; not to be confused with the Irish Football Association
Football League One – the third-highest league in England and the second-highest in the English Football League
Football League Two – the fourth-highest league in England and the third-highest/lowest in the English Football League
friendly – a match that isn’t a part of any larger competition
futsal – a variant of association football, usu. five-on-five, played on a hard court
GD – see “goal differential”
goal differential – number of goals scored by a team versus the number given up over the course of a league season or other competition
ground – stadium
group – a subset of teams in a tournament; also a pod
group stage – round of a tournament in which all teams are divided into groups or pods, in which typically each team will play a home-and-away series with each other team in its group
gym-tan-sushi! – Noob and The Management’s battle cry for Urawa Red Diamonds, a former name for a very New Jersey shore-like part of the greater Tokyo metro area
Hex, the – see “Hexagonal”
Hexagonal, the – the six-team final Group Stage of CONCACAF WCQ
inter-confederation playoffs – two games played by teams from different continental confederations which determine qualification for the final two World Cup berths
Irish Football Association – the governing body for football in Northern Ireland; not to be confused with the Football Association of Ireland
J1 League – Japan’s top highest league.
J2 League – Japan’s second-highest league
Japanese J-League – see “J1 League”
kit – uniform
knockout tournament– see “Cup”
La Liga – Spain’s highest league
league – can refer to what we think of as a league in America, or what we’d call a tournament
league system – a nation’s hierarchy of leagues, among which there is usually a system of “promotion and relegation”
leg – a match; a game, when in the context of a “tie” (see “tie)
Liga MX – Mexico’s highest league
Liga Aguila – Colombia’s highest league. For some reason, their main soccer sponsor’s name is more ubiquitous than in other countries
Ligue 1 – France’s highest league
Ligue 2 – France’s second-highest league
MLS – see “Major League Soccer”
Major League Soccer – America’s (and Canadia’s) highest soccer league
Man – usu. Manchester (England)
Management, The – see “The Management”
Meistriliiga – Estonia’s highest league
NASL – see “North American Soccer League”
NWSL – see “National Women’s Soccer League”
National League (division) – the top league of the National League (organization); the fifth level of the English “league system”
National League (organization) – the fifth and sixth levels of England’s “league system”; the lowest of the nationwide organizations
National League North – part of the sixth level of England’s “league system”; it is part of the National League (organization)
National League South – part of the sixth level of England’s “league system”, it part of the National League (organization)
National Women’s Soccer League – the highest women’s soccer league in America
Noob – 1) me, the primary site writer. 2) the site at large
Noober – me again muahahaha
Noobite – you!
Noobstradmus – Noob as predictor
North American Soccer League – one of America (and Canadia’s) two second- highest leagues
OCF – see “Oceania Football Confederation”
Oceania Football Confederation – the governing body of club and national football in New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, and a host of other Pacific Island countries (though not Australia)
pitch – field of play
pod – a subset of teams in a tournament; also a group
points – the units from which competition standings are ordered. A team gets three points for winning a match, one for getting a draw in a match, none for losing a match
premier/e – designates any country’s highest league
pro-rel – see “promotion-relegation”
promotion – when a team is moved to the next-highest league in a country
promotion-relegation – promotion-relegation; a nation’s system in which club teams in a country are moved to the next-highest or lowest league in a based on merit at the end of a season
pyramid – see “league system”
qualifying round – typically an early stage of a non-league competition in which lesser teams vie for slots in the “competition proper” with better teams, which is usually a Group Stage
relegation – when a team is moved down to the next-lowest league in a country
result – a win or a draw; earning at least one point in a match
rugby – a game similar to soccer
SEA Games – see “Southeast Asian Games”
Serie A – Italy’s highest league
Scottish Challenge Cup – knockout tournament for leagues tier 2-4, some lower teams, and sometimes select Northern Irish and Welsh teams.
Scottish Communities League Cup – see “Scottish League Cup”
Scottish League Cup – a knockout tournament for the top four leagues’ teams
side – a team, though as opposed to a historical club
South American Football Confederation – the governing body of club and national football in South America
Southeast Asian Games – a biennial, multi-sport event that includes specifically national (not club) U23 soccer teams
Spring Season – the spring half of NASL’s full season; similar to Apertura
stage – a round of a competition
Supporters’ Shield – annual award given to the MLS team with the best record at the end of a regular season
swamp city – a city that was first built on a swamp
T2T – see “Ten to Track”
table – league or tournament standings
The Management – the site admin. A cretinous yahoo is ever there was one. He is never referred to without the definite article.
tie – usually a two-game set between two teams; usu. used in a tournament
U+[#] – U means under, the # refers to players’ ages
UEFA – see “Union of European Football Associations”
USL – see “United Soccer League”
Union of European Football Associations – the governing body of club and national soccer in Europe
United Soccer League – one of the two second-highest league in America
Urvalsdeild – Iceland’s highest league
Veikkusliga – Finland’s highest league
WC – see “FIFA World Cup”
WCQ – see “World Cup Qualifier
woodwork – the goal posts and crossbar; an attempted shot that hits either
World Cup – see “FIFA World Cup”
World Cup qualifier – may refer a tournament used to qualify trams for entrance into the Group Stage of the World Cup; may also refer to a single match within such a tournament