SOCCER

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Across
  1. 4. responsible for winning their team possession of the ball and stopping the opponents from advancing the ball.
  2. 7. A foul where a player (other than the keeper in the penalty area) deliberately touches the ball with his hand or arm
  3. 8. play behind the forwards and in front of the defense and their job is to assist both of these groups
  4. 12. A one point score occurring when the whole of the ball passes entirely over the goal line, between the vertical goal posts and under the horizontal crossbar.
  5. 13. The ability of a player to control the ball after it has been passed to him or her
  6. 15. The kick is taken from the corner arc nearest where the ball went out of bounds.
Down
  1. 1. The basic skill of advancing the ball using a continuous series of short touches with the feet.
  2. 2. When an attacker with the ball makes it past the last defender and is on his way toward the goal for a one-on-one with the goalkeeper
  3. 3. When a player receives this, he is immediately ejected from the game
  4. 5. Their role is to advance the ball and score goals and primarily function in the attacking third
  5. 6. Keeping the ball in the air with any part of the body
  6. 9. Awarded by the referee due to an infraction of the rules.The kick is taken by the nonoffending team, generally, from the spot in which the infraction took place
  7. 10. Three goals scored in a game by a single player.
  8. 11. Describes the action of a player hitting the ball with his or her forehead
  9. 14. A pass in which the ball is kicked from one side of the field to the other side