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(soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
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(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
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Alternative form of back pass [(soccer) An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate.]
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(sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.
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Alternative spelling of ball carrier [(American football, Canadian football, rugby) A player who carries the football.]
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(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
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(sports) A goal scored by a captain when their team is in need of inspiration.
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(transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).
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(soccer) A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where it went out of play.
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(sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
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(team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
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(soccer) A cross or pass
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(Australian rules football) To fend off an opponent by holding an arm out straight and pushing in their chest.
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(American football) A point scored after a touchdown by kicking the ball through the goal posts or by advancing to the end zone.
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(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 version of American football where the players must remove a flag, worn around the waist, from the ball carrier instead of tackling.
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(American football, US) One who plays American football.
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(Gaelic football) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
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(Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.
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(soccer) A set piece taken from the goal area after an attacker touches the ball out of play over the goal line.
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(rugby) Someone who kicks for penalties and conversions.
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An Australian rules football player, usually a forward, who manages to kick many goals in a game.
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(Australian rules football) One of the squares, measuring 9 by 6.4 metres, marked at either end of the ground in front of the goalpost, and from which the ball is kicked after a behind.
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(soccer) A tackle that is high up the targeted player's shin/legs.
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(Australian rules football) An instance of knocking the ball out of a ruck contest.
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(soccer, idiomatic) A play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field.
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(transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game
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(soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
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(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.
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(American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.
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(Australian rules football) Kicking at the ball when there is a risk of kicking an opposition player who is trying to pick it up or otherwise close to it. Such a kick is against the rules and results in a free kick to the opponent.
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(slang, American football) A penalty flag.
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(soccer, transitive) To make a short backward pass to a teammate in an attacking position.
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(Britain, soccer) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
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(sports) The act of marking an opposition player closely.
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(soccer) A soft header played away from the opponent's goal
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Alternative spelling of on-side kick [(sports) A play in American football whereby the team performing the kick-off kicks the ball the minimum distance (ten yards in most levels of play) in an attempt to immediately regain possession of the ball.]
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(soccer, idiomatic) To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.
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(soccer, futsal) An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.
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(ice hockey, soccer, rugby) A goal scored from a penalty.
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(soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.
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(handball) A free throw taken by an attacker from 7 metres away, defended by the goalkeeper.
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(in several forms of football) A player who takes a placekick
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(sports) To attack the ball instead of an opponent who is usually controlling the ball. Often considered a positive action, and sometimes a requirement not to concede a penalty.
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(Australian rules football, informal) A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
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(American football) A group of players who are not eligible to play in games, but who participate in practices.
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(soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
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One who punts a football.
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(rugby) A drop kick of the ball by the non-scoring team toward the opposition, used to recommence play after a point has been scored.
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(soccer) A pass in which the player runs in the opposite direction to where he passed.
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(Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
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(soccer) A tactic involving kicking the ball from defence high and far straight towards the attackers.
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(Australian rules football) A kick for goal after a free kick has been awarded to the kicker and play has stopped.
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(soccer) A short pass from a corner (the set piece).
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(netball) A pass of the ball between teammates too close together to allow an opponent to get between them. There is no particular distance the ball must travel to qualify as a short pass. For instance, if the passing player drops the ball and retreats before her teammate takes possession, it is not a short pass. A short pass is against the rules and results in a free pass to the opposition.
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(Australian rules football) A mark (or catch) that typically involves a player jumping up on the back of another player.
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(Australian rules football) A kick passing the ball to a teammate made so the ball travels low and fast through the air.
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(soccer) To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player).
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(soccer) To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal.
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(Britain, of a rival football club) Making an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer.
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(soccer) Synonym of centre forward
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(school slang, soccer) A half-back.
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(Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
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A version of football (American football) in which players are touched as opposed to tackled.
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(American football) A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.
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