Across
- 2. Free kicks can be direct or ____
- 6. Youngest player to ever score in a World Cup match (also a legend of the game
- 9. Olivia’s primary position growing up
- 17. Term for major rule in soccer where a defending player commits a foul or handball that deprives an attacker of a clear, almost certain chance to score a goal
- 18. The only country to appear in every World Cup tournament
- 19. Try to score
- 20. The only player allowed to pick up the ball
Down
- 1. This sort of time happens when full time has ended, and the referee adds on extra to account for stop of play during the game
- 3. Number of players each team has on the field
- 4. World’s most popular sport
- 5. Term for three goals scored by one player in a single match
- 7. Color of card shown to a player meaning ‘get outta here’
- 8. What every referee apparently is, according to angry fans
- 10. Nickname of the Australian National Soccer team
- 11. FIFA #1 ranked men’s team
- 12. Color of the card shown to a player for ‘caution’
- 13. Who Olivia hopes will win the 2026 World Cup
- 14. Term for dramatic fall to the ground after light contact, or no contact at all
- 15. This French superstar scored a hattrick in the 2022 World Cup Final
- 16. International Federation of Football Association
- 21. Number of countries who have won a World Cup
