World Cuuuup

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