As most a fan of college football in America, I am not familiar with Association football.
Same here, I never knew association football was known as soccer as well, with 11 players on the field.
What countries are associated with this "association football" league?
The Laws of soccer were originally made back in 1863 in England, but now soccer is enjoyed by the whole world. 
I saw a major increase in the popularity of soccer in the United States in the late 1980s.
Yes, soccer has grown so much in the US, over 24.4 million people play soccer in the US now! 
That statistic surprises me as I had no idea the sport was so popular here in America.
It really started to pick up when the United States hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Nowadays FIFA soccer video game is very popular as well.
I had a good friend from Norway who loved to play video soccer as well as playing on the field.
to have an official licence from FIFA, the world governing body of football. The latest installments in the series contain many exclusively licensed leagues including leagues and teams from around the world, including the German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, English Premier League and EFL Championship, Italian Serie A and Serie B, Spanish La Liga and La Liga 2, French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, Portuguese Primeira Liga, Turkish Süper Lig, Dutch Eredivisie, Scottish Premiership, the Swiss Super League, Russian Premier League, Polish Ekstraklasa, Mexican
Outline of association football
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to association football:
Association football – sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport. More commonly known as football or soccer.
What type of thing is association football?
Association football can be described as all of the following:
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