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(soccer, Britain): One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.
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(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames teams of the NHL
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(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators NHL teams
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That secures a bonus point
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(soccer) A draw in which neither team scores, i.e. the game ends 0–0.
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(sports, Canada, US) A score showing the final scores of the teams in a game, as well as certain individual and team achievements.
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(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
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(soccer) The counter-attack.
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(soccer) A game played without having conceded a goal.
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(sports) A consolation goal.
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(sports) A goal scored by the losing team near the end of a game that has no effect on the outcome.
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(basketball, American football) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
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(sports) The act of a player being sent off.
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(sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
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(sports, slang) A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.
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Alternative form of fast break [(basketball) An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up.]
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(sports) Initialism of field goal. [(American football, Canadian football) A kick of the ball through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown). It scores 3 points.]
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A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
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(video games, trademark) A series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label.
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(sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
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(sports) The first score in a competition.
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(sports) The first-choice lineup of players in a team who start the game.
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(sports, chiefly Britain, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
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(sports) A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.
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(uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
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The process of increasing the popularity of football (soccer) in a region.
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(sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
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(soccer) The official who keeps things at the dugout in order, and displays substitutions and the amount of injury time
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(American football, soccer, Australian rules football, rugby, other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.
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(slang, US) high school football.
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(sports) Goals (a sports statistic).
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Something, such as a goal, that leads to the winning of a game.
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(soccer) The use of the gegenpressing tactic.
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(sports) Of a player in a team sport, to evade defenders and thereby create a gap allowing another player to pass the ball to that player.
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(US, sports) A coach who is assigned the task of ensuring another coach (usually the head coach) gets out of the way of the referees during games.
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A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
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(sports) The ratio of the numbers of goals scored for and against a team in a series of matches, sometimes used in deciding the team’s position in a table.
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(sports) A choreography that is acted after scoring a goal.
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(sports) The difference between the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded, over the duration of a competition.
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A goalkeeper in ice hockey.
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A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts.
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(soccer) The first goal scored during extra time, giving victory to the scoring side if sudden death is in effect.
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To share a sports ground with another team
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(American football) The halftime show, the primary "light" entertainment of a game, after the second quarter when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.
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(ice hockey) The rink where a team usually plays
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(sports) The team that plays at home (in their own stadium).
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(figuratively, sports, Britain, Australia, Ireland) A poorly executed pass to a team-mate, who is likely to lose the ball as a result. (Originally rugby union, where the recipient of a hospital pass is a sitting duck for a hard tackle.)
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(US, soccer) A goal scored by a team that is already leading by one goal.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see international, football.
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(American football, basketball) An isolation play in basketball or American football.
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(finance) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
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(figuratively) An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field)
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(intransitive, sports) To start a game in a certain position on the playing field.
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(sports) Someone who plays in the same offensive or defensive line
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(Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.
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(sports, informal) The referee.
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(by extension) A similar formation with one missing member in soccer or motor racing.
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(sports) Involving the scoring of multiple points, especially by a particular player.
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(transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
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(soccer) a goalless draw, the result of a match in which neither side scores a goal.
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Collectively, Canadian football and American football.
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(soccer) A goal scored directly from a corner kick without any other player - on either team - touching or otherwise deflecting the ball into the goal.
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(soccer) A quick one-touch play between two players.
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(Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
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(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
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(sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
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(sports, chiefly ice hockey) Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
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(American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
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(sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.
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(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
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(soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
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After the whistle is blown in a sports match.
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Initialism of penalty shootout. [(soccer, field hockey) A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.]
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(sports) To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
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(sports) Someone who holds a record.
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(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
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(informal, sports) A member of a reserve team.
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(soccer) A pass back to the person who just passed the ball.
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(idiomatic, American football) A college football game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the championship Rose Bowl game.
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(soccer) A very good goal, notably made with a very hard shot.
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One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.
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(idiomatic, soccer) To receive a yellow card.
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(sports, transitive) To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
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(soccer) A penalty shootout.
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A field used as a showground.
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(sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
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(sports) A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
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(Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.
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(Gaelic football) A run made while soloing (and possibly bouncing) the football.
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(sports) An official determination of placement.
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(team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
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(US, basketball) The five players who are initially playing for a team at the start of a game.
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(soccer) A fellow striker.
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(sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
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(soccer) The bench on which the players sit when they are not in action.
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(American football, slang) Synonym of special team
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(soccer) A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).
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(sports, ballgames) A person who scores most or among the best in a specified league, team or game.
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(some sports) A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
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(rugby) Victory by one of the Home Nations — England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales — over the other three in the annual Six Nations Championship.
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(transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
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(sports) A person who plays at two positions, not good enough at either to be restricted to it.
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(sports) The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's weak side.
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(fantasy sports) A player who accumulates stats without being assigned to any particular position.
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(soccer) Alternative form of wing-play [(soccer) The art of playing as a winger.]
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(soccer) A first-rate save; an exceptional save
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