Sports Definitions

Soccer

  1. 4-3-3
  2. 4-4-2
  3. 5-3-2
  4. Advantage
  5. Anchor man
  6. Assistant referee
  7. Backheel
  8. Ball
  9. Banana kick
  10. Bosman ruling
  11. Byline
  12. Cap
  13. Captain
  14. Caution
  15. Center circle
  16. Center spot
  17. Center-half
  18. Chip
  19. Corner
  20. Corner flag
  21. Crossbar
  22. Curling ball
  23. Defense
  24. Defensive wall
  25. Direct free kick
  26. Dragback
  27. Dribble
  28. Dugout
  29. Dummy
  30. Duration
  31. European Championships
  32. Extra-time
  33. FA Cup
  34. FIFA
  35. Flat back four
  36. Flick
  37. Floodlights
  38. Football Association
  39. Football League
  40. Formation
  41. Foul
  42. Foul throw
  43. Free kick
  44. Free transfer
  45. Full time
  46. Goal
  47. Goal area
  48. Goal-line clearance
  49. Goalkeeper
  50. Goalpost
  51. Golden Goal
  52. Half-volley
  53. Halftime
  54. Header
  55. Indirect free kick
  56. Kickoff
  57. Lancaster Gate
  58. League Cup
  59. Loan transfer
  60. Man-to-man marking
  61. Marking
  62. Midfielder
  63. Net
  64. Number 9
  65. Nutmeg
  66. Obstruction
  67. One-two
  68. Onside
  69. Overhead kick
  70. Parry
  71. Penalty area
  72. Penalty kick
  73. Penalty shoot-out
  74. Penalty spot
  75. Pitch
  76. Premier League
  77. Professional foul
  78. Red card
  79. Referee
  80. Replay
  81. Route one
  82. Scissors kick
  83. Shin pads
  84. Shoulder charge
  85. Six-yard box
  86. Sliding tackle
  87. Soccer
  88. Squad
  89. Stoppage time
  90. Studs
  91. Substitute
  92. Substitutes’ bench
  93. Suspension
  94. Sweeper
  95. Tackle
  96. Throw-in
  97. Touch-lines
  98. Transfer
  99. UEFA
  100. Volley
  101. Wall pass
  102. Wide player
  103. Winger
  104. Wings
  105. Woodwork
  106. World Cup
  107. Zone defense

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