soccer: a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
football: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
palestine liberation organization: a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority