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(rugby) The 22-metre line.
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(soccer) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers
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(soccer) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 5 midfielders and 1 striker
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A game similar to rugby football played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide (with two 10 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball into each other's territory.
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(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in attacking duties.
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(sports) A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.
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(soccer) The set of four defenders in a team.
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(soccer) An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate.
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Alternative form of back line [(soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team.]
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(sports) One who plays on the back line.
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(Australian rules football) One of a pair of shorter outer posts at either end of the field; a ball kicked between a behind post and a goal post scores one point.
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(Australian rules football) A match official who decides when the ball has over the boundary line (out of bounds), and whether it was on the full from a kick. (Under the rules as of 2007, a free kick results from on the full, or a throw-in otherwise.)
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(soccer) a central midfielder who plays both defensively and attackingly, who runs a lot up and down the pitch.
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In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
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A game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
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(soccer) The circle in the centre of the pitch which, at kick-off, the defending team may not enter until the attacking side has touched the ball.
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(British spelling, soccer) The most central of the strikers; traditionally the player who makes the kick-off.
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(soccer) Alternative form of centre forward [(British spelling, soccer) The most central of the strikers; traditionally the player who makes the kick-off.]
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Alternative form of centre half [(soccer) A centre-back.]
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(soccer) Alternative spelling of centre-back [(soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper]
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(ice hockey, Australian rules football) The player in the position of centre.
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(soccer) A formation consisting of four defenders, three central midfielders, two attacking midfielders, and one striker.
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(sports) Each of the flags that denotes the corner of the field of play.
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(Australian rules football) A player who waits around a marking contest aiming to get the ball if it falls down to the ground (because the opposing players leaping for it have spoiled each other's efforts).
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(sports, gridiron football) Part of the field, entered by a player when they are on their opponent's side of the field but kicking a field goal would probably be unsuccessful and punting the ball would not dramatically change field position.
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(sports) Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
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(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of defenceman [In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames.]
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(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties.
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(sports, American football, hurling, Gaelic football) In various goal-based sports, the boundary line, running across the goal.
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Alternative spelling of end zone [(American football) The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.]
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A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
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(sports) A variety of lacrosse played on a grassy field, outdoors.
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(soccer) collectively, a set of defenders who stay on the same level on the pitch.
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(US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
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(American football) A playing field on which the game of American football is played.
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(by extension) An informal unit of measure of area, equal to the area of an Association football pitch (typically 76,900 square feet or 1.76 acres).
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(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
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Abbreviation of forward. [(rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).]
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(rugby) an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind.
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Alternative form of gain line [(rugby) an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind.]
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(American football) part of a vertical plane separating an end zone from the field of play when the ball is touched or is in player possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines. A team’s goal line is that which it is defending.
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(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.
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Alternative form of goal line [(rugby league, soccer, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.]
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(Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
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(sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
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(soccer) Someone who heads the ball.
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(rugby) The act of taking a pass from the dummy half and running straight into the opposition's defensive line without looking to pass.
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(soccer) defensive midfielder
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A constrained scope or area.
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A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
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(soccer, dated) A forward playing on one side of the centre forward, but not as wide as the outside-forward
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(Australian rules football, of a handball) Leading to such a goal.
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(sports) A goal kicked with the left foot.
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(rugby) The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1).
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(soccer) An assistant referee.
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(soccer) A player who man-marks
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That takes place off a sports field
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(Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
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(American football, NFL) A member of the New England Patriots professional football team.
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(American football) The center of the line.
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A field on which a game, especially a ball game, is played.
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(sports) An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
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(soccer) The defence, collectively the defenders.
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Alternative form of right back [(soccer) a defender who normally plays on the right side of the field]
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(Australian Rules football) A position that is one of three of a team's followers, who follow the ball around the ground. Formerly a position for short players, rovers in professional leagues are frequently over 183 cm (6').
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A version of rugby football, played between two teams of thirteen.
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(American football) The running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.
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(soccer, rugby, etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.
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(Australian rules football) A behind (one-point score) made when the ball passes through the goal posts or behind posts not from the foot of the attacking team, i.e. either spilled off hands or deliberately carried through by the defenders.
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(school slang, soccer) A full-back.
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(tennis, badminton) The line, in tennis and similar sports, from behind which the ball is initially served and which the feet must not cross when serving.
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(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
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(sports) A reporter who is stationed on or near the field in order to be able to closely observe what is happening off the field and to interview players and coaches during the course of the game.
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(American football) A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking.
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(American football) A member of a special team.
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A field on which sports are played.
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(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
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The left player position in Warminster fives.
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(rugby) A referee who uses video recordings to assist in deciding if points have been scored
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(soccer) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
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The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
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(rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
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(rubgy) A player who scores a try, or who is adept at scoring tries.
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(ice hockey) A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.
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(Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses three; in the past there were two or just one. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
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(soccer) A player who plays on the wing, and acts as both a defender and an attacker depending on the team's situation.
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(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
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(lacrosse) The spot behind the goal.
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