Silverobama
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Hi,
What does the "pitch" mean in this sentence? Does it mean the place where the players play soccer?
He's been fantastic and has brought a lot to the club on and off the pitch.
And here is the source.
Thanks a lot
And of course your 'hockey' is our 'ice hockey', which makes a difference to where we play. What do you call our 'hockey' (played on grass)?Basketball court is another.
Note that Americans use "field" instead of "pitch." Soccer field, football field. Baseball is played in a park.
That's interesting. Why would they do that?"Field hockey." But it's a girls-only sport.
(There have been cases where boys have played on the girls team including wearing the skirt-uniform, but that is an abnormality.)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_field_hockey_team)The men's team isn't as widely known within the country as the women's team.
I don't think I know of another sport whose women's version is more popular with the public than men's one
Hmm, perhaps. But men's beach volleyball is quite popular with young women here. I was at a couple of events with both sexes playing matches and the audiences seemed to be more or less equally large.Beach volleyball comes to mind.
I don't think I know of another sport whose women's version is more popular with the public than men's one,