I play soccer but my team does not belong to any football association 
Football is a wonderful sport. It has a goal on each end.
Association football is also known as soccer
Yes, and it usually has eleven players per side.
It is govern globally by FIFA
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.
Association football is one of a family
Ramazan Veteran's Cup
Ramazan Veteran's Cup is a Maldivian football competition held in the month of Ramadan, formerly run by The Football Association of Maldives, but lately it is organized by the Soccer Veterans Association of Maldives and Maldives Soccer Mates.
According to the rules of the tournament, players aged 40 and above are considered as veterans. Each team is allowed to list 5 players who are aged between 35 and 40 but only three of those players can play on the pitch together as per the regulations.
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