Soccer / Football

Soccer, also referred to as Football (depending on region), is a subtheme of Sports. It began in 2000, and was discontinued after 2006. Many of the sets had Shell, Coke, Adidas and other promotional sponsors.
== Description ==
Soccer/Football featured multiple opposing teams, attendants, and the press in a variety of activities and settings related to the sport of soccer and its display to the public. While most of the sets focused on scenes from soccer practices or games, other sets focused on subjects related less directly to the playing of soccer itself, such as 4465 Vending Machine.
With the exception of Zinedine Zidane, the minifigures were generic soccer players and reused head prints from previous themes. Additionally, most teams were only named after colours, such as the Red Team and Black Team. However, some sets such as 3405 Blue Team Bus included stickers that buyers could place on the minifigures' torsos, allowing them to change the nationality of the minifigures. Additionally, the L'Equipe de France Edition of 3420 Championship Challenge II included a team of minifigures with French National Team jerseys, and 3415 Japanese Football Team would have also featured a nationality-named team, but it was never unreleased.
An important aspect of the Soccer/Football subtheme, as with other Sports subthemes was the playablity, with many of the sets offering opportunities for one to mimic real-life soccer skills and activities, or even games, through the manipulation of their minifigures. Also similar to other Sports subthemes, this was accomplished partially through the use of new elements which, when the minifigures were attached, could be used to make the minifigures mimic the movements of real-life athletes in their respective sports. In this case, soccer minifigures could be placed on a spring-supported stand, which could be inserted into large rectangular green bricks meant to represent the playing fields. The ball, also a new element, could roll into one of the concave centres of these new green bricks and, from there, the minifigures stands could be turned to face the ball, bent back, and released, shooting the ball forward to mimic a pass or a shot. Goalkeepers would also be positioned on similar, spring-less stands attached to a rod, allowing players to angle the rod to block shots. Other new elements introduced into the subtheme included nets, handles for positioning the goalkeepers' rods, and over-sized goalkeeper gloves.
An additional feature many sets offered was an open-able case for a respective set's components. When opened, the case's transparent component would double as a goal, complete with a slot through which the rod for manipulating the goalkeeper could be inserted and handled. The case's green lid also featured a clip allowing the case to be attached to one's belt.
== New Parts ==
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== Sets ==
* 3310 Press Box
* 3311 Television Tower
* 3312 Paramedic Unit
* 3401 Shoot 'n' Score
* 3402 Grandstand
* 3403 Grandstand with Scoreboard
* 3404 Black Team Bus
* 3405 Blue Team Bus
* 3406 Americas Team Transport
* 3407 Red Team Transport
* 3408 Super Sports Coverage
* 3409 Championship Challenge
* 3410 Field Expansion Set
* 3411 Team Transport
* 3412 Point Shooting
* 3413 Goal Keeper
* 3414 Precision Shooting
* 3415 Japanese Football Team
* 3416 Women's Football Team
* 3418 Point Shooting
* 3419 Precision Shooting
* 3420 Championship Challenge II
* 3421 3 vs. 3 Shootout
* 3422 Shoot-N-Save
* 3423 Freekick Frenzy
* 3424 Target Practice
* 3425 Grand Championship Cup
* 3426 Adidas Team Transport
* 3568 Football Target Practice
* 3569 Grand Football Stadium
* 3570 Street Football
* 3573 Superstar Figure
* 4202562 Football
* 4443 Defender 1
* 4444 Defender 2
* 4445 Midfielder 1
* 4446 Forwarder 1
* 4447 Forwarder 2
* 4448 Defender 3
* 4449 Defender 4
* 4450 Midfielder 2
* 4451 Forwarder 3
* 4452 Forwarder 4
* 4453 Goal Keeper
* 4454 Referee
* 4455 Hot Dog Girl
* 4456 Doctor
* 4457 TV Cameraman
* 4458 TV Camera
* 4459 PK Kicker
* 4460 Goal
* 4461 Bench
* 4462 Hotdog Trolley
* 4463 Light
* 4464 Bottle Case
* 4465 Vending Machine
* 4466 Sign Board
* 4467 Stretcher
* 4468 Stand
* 4469 Drink Stand
* 4470 Ball
* 4471 Secret Set A
* 4472 Secret Set B
* 5012 Footballer and Goal
* 7676139 LEGO Vertical Lunch
* 78800 Soccer Co-Pack
* 7923 White Football Player
* 7924 Red Football Player
* TS14 T-Shirt, Football
== Notes ==
* This is one of few licensed themes where the majority of minifigures are not based on specific people.
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Category:Themes
Category:Themes introduced in 2000
Category:Subthemes
Category:Discontinued Themes