Suspend soccer team based on US college (8)
I believe the answer is:
intermit
'suspend soccer' is the definition.
'intermit' can be an answer for 'suspend' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'soccer' bit.
'team based on us college' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'inter' (I have seen 'Italian team' mean 'inter' so perhaps 'team' could also mean 'inter').
'based on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'us college' becomes 'MIT' (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
'inter'+'mit'='INTERMIT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intermit that I've seen before include "pause" , "Discontinue for a time" , "stop for a bit" , "break" , "Suspend activity" .)