# Some Soccer Questions

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 20, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-soccer-questions/543872 "2010-06-20T14:23:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-soccer-questions/543872/41 "2010-06-27T14:07:54Z")

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What does the 'thumbs-up" mean from one player to another? From what I’ve seen, it looks like a combination of ‘nice play/my bad’. But I’ve also seen it in the regular American thumbs-up context (like a player giving the double thumbs-up to the crowd).

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