FOOTBALL AND SOCCER CROSSWORD

2. the football is dropped on the laces of your shoe to perform a kick.
3. when one team loses possession of the football to the other team
8. The football player that starts each play
10. the act of receiving a kick or punt and running toward the opponent’s goal line with the intent of scoring
11. The motion the football should spin in when thrown
12. it is found on a football, and it gives more grip to the person throwing the ball
13. What the offensive team does to prevent a defensive player from tackling the player with the football
14. where the quarterback stands, just behind the center
16. card a card held up by a referee indicating that a player has been removed from a game.
17. the line that runs along the length of each side of the field.
18. line the line in the middle of the field.
21. the player positioned directly in front of the goal who tries to prevent shots from crossing the goalline.
24. the act of giving the ball to another player
25. to seize and throw down or stop an opposing player with the ball
27. when the referee judges a violation in the rules and the opposing team gets a free kick.

1. the football players who catch the ball
4. a player has control of the football within the end zone.
5. cup an international soccer competition that is held every 4 years.
6. back a defensive soccer position.
7. a player who guards the area directly in front of their own goal.
9. when the football player runs with the ball
11. a sport created on 1863
15. to use chest or thigh or feet to control the ball.
19. the part of the goal that is attached to the poles in which the ball goes in.
20. a sport that was invented in 1869
22. when one player holds the ball for another player, and that player takes three steps and kicks the ball.
23. when a team shoots the ball into the opposing team’s net.
26. line the boundary line that is extending from corner to corner around the field.