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": "user", "content": "As most a fan of college football in America, I am not familiar with Association football."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Same here, I never knew association football was known as soccer as well, with 11 players on the field."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What countries are associated with this \"association football\" league?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Laws of soccer were originally made back in 1863 in England, but now soccer is enjoyed by the whole world. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I saw a major increase in the popularity of soccer in the United States in the late 1980s."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, soccer has grown so much in the US, over 24.4 million people play soccer in the US now! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "That statistic surprises me as I had no idea the sport was so popular here in America."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "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."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I had a good friend from Norway who loved to play video soccer as well as playing on the field."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's cool! The latest versions of FIFA soccer video games include exclusively-licensed leagues and teams from all over the globe, makes it extra exciting to play."}]