i got a scholarship for playing soccer.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. 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 with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal. Players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play, unless they are goalkeepers (and then only when within their penalty area). Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, but may also use any part of their body except the hands and the arms. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout depending on the format of the competition. The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA; ), which organises World Cups for both men and women every four years.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I got a scholarship for playing soccer. I mean that game played on the rectangular field with a goal at each end."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, you must be quite good. I believe most of the world calls that game football. What position do you play?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes and many people still play soccer in the United states. Well over 24.4 million people do. I am a defensive midfielder "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I live in the United States and am aware of the growing popularity of soccer. I have attended professional games and admire the devotion of fans to the sport."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes and now it was was the third-most played team sport in the U.S. Will you like to try soccer sometimes "}, {"role": "user", "content": "My child loves to play and I often practice with her. It is the biggest youth sport in the US. I was sad that we did not make the World Cup this time."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well we are good in other sports which include Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL)."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Indeed. If we did not have the NFL I think many more people would follow soccer. It doesn't help that they call their sport football!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes it makes it confusing. Or rather we are the ones that mixed things up. But i can say  Other prominent leagues in the US include Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL)."}, {"role": "user", "content": "My city has a men's and women's MLS team. I find it interesting our women's teams are usually better than men's. Perhaps it is due to high involvement of girls in youth soccer."}]