Vocabulary Practice: Soccer

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Across
  1. 2. Provide both traction and friction for soccer players when they are making quick turns on the field and sprinting with the ball.
  2. 6. A player whose usual position is in the midfield.
  3. 9. Boundary line that runs the length of the field on each side.
  4. 10. The procedure for kicking the ball into play at the start of each half, after a goal, or at the start of extra time.
  5. 11. When a player strikes the ball using their head.
  6. 12. The ultimate achievement in soccer.
Down
  1. 1. Free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled.
  2. 3. Plays close to their team's own goal, trying to prevent the opposing team from attacking.
  3. 4. The areas of the field located at the intersection of the goal line and the sideline.
  4. 5. An attacking team player is less than 1 m from the 'wall' formed by three or more defending team players.
  5. 7. When the ball makes contact with a player's hand/arm illegally.
  6. 8. Guardians of the goal.