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American football , referred to as football in the United States and Canada , and also known as gridiron , is a sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with control of ___MASK77___ - shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball , while the team without control of the ball , the defense , aims to stop their advance and take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs , or plays , or else they turn over the football to the opposing team ; if they succeed , they are given a new set of four downs . Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team ' s end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent ' s goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . Phokeng is a town in the North West province of South Africa . It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation and lies near Rustenburg . Historically , it was known as " Magatostad " among white South Africans . Platinum Stars are a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg , North West Province that plays in the Premier Soccer League . The club is fully owned by the Royal Bafokeng Nation and nicknamed Dikwena , the Tswana name for Crocodiles . The team ' s best finish in the Premiership came during the Return of well known Daniel `` Sailor '' Tshabalala 2006 -- 07 season , when the club finished as league runners - up , earning them their only appearance in the CAF Champions League . During the same season , the club also collected their first major trophy , when the club won the Telkom Knockout in December 2006 . Rustenburg ( Afrikaans and Dutch : " Town of Rest ") is a city situated at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range in North West Province of South Africa . It was one of the official host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup , being in close proximity to Phokeng , capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation , where the ___MASK86___ is located . The England national football team also used this as their base camp for the tournament . Football is a family of team sports that involve , to varying degrees , kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal . Unqualified , the word " football " is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears . Sports commonly called ' football ' in certain places include : association football ( known as soccer in some countries ); gridiron football ( specifically American football or Canadian football ); Australian rules football ; rugby football ( either rugby league or rugby union ); and Gaelic football . These different variations of football are known as football codes .