In Portuguese, we have an expression: "Peladeiro de fim de semana". It's like "weekend soccer player" or "an amateur soccer game that happens between friends", for this expressions we also say "Pelada" in Portuguese which is a very informal term. It's translate literally to "naked" in Portuguese. Of course I think "naked soccer player" shouldn't have the same meaning in English. But is there an informal expression to say "an amateur soccer game that happens between friends" in English?
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1Sunday Morning footballer. Or Sunday League footballer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_league_football It's not quite the same as a game between friends, but it has the feel of "grass-roots" football where enthusiasm and tradition are more important than quality. Read about Hackney Marshes an area of London where some 80 pitches are used for this kind of football.– djnaCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 2:09
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1In the US, the question is, "What is a soccer game?" :-)– fixer1234Commented Feb 25, 2017 at 2:18
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1It is not soccer/football specific, but pick-up game might work. link– WRXCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 2:20
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thanks! and how could we call the player who playes this type of game?– alexpfxCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 2:43
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I have no clue,-- friends, players..– WRXCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 3:24
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If it's organised, it's Sunday morning football in the UK, because such matches are usually played then.
If it's casual, we in Britain would call it a friendly game, not to be confused with organised friendly matches in professional and semi-professional football.
In America, they use the term pick-up game for all sorts of sports.
