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A player is "capped" for each international match played. Some "friendly" games also count. A player who has played in 50 international matches has fifty caps.

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It stems from the old days when the players were issued commemorative "caps" for the game; the term has simply continued, although the actual caps are no longer provided to the players.

See related link, "International cap", for a photo of a cap.

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The number of caps a player has, represents how many times they have played for their country internationaly.

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A cap is a reference to [ or a nickname for ] an international game played. Therefore the number of caps is simply the number of international games played.

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An international soccer match as opposed to a domestic game.

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You get a cap when you play for your National team. David Beckham got 100 caps because he played 100 games for England.

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Cap casualty means someone who is still under contract with the team that is going to get cut to make room for a different player to take his spot

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"Caps" is the number of International Matches a player has played in for their country.

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he has played for his nation

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