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Teal lime Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Opposite of reserve (in sports)

What is the opposite of "reserve" in sports such as football and soccer?

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the first team or the first XI ,

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the first team or the first XI,

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In the US NFL football, "reserve" refers only to the injured reserve list, where players who are injured stay in limbo until they are healed but stay on the roster. I guess the active roster is roughly equivalent to soccer's reserve, and the players on the active roster who take the field on game day are the starters. You also hear the terms "first string" for the starters and "second string",

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