Soccer

Soccer

Soccer is a competitive sport usually played between two teams of 11 players with a spherical ball. The object of the game is to kick the ball into the opposing team's goal. Participants are not allowed to use their hands to touch the ball with the exception of throwing the ball back into play after it goes out of bounds.

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corner area

Sports; Soccer

see Corner arc.

chest trap

Sports; Soccer

when a player uses his chest to slow down and control a ball in the air.

chip shot

Sports; Soccer

a kick lofted into the air to try to sail the ball over the goalkeeper's head and still make it under the crossbar into the goal.

clear

Sports; Soccer

to kick the ball away from one's goal.

chip pass

Sports; Soccer

a pass lofted into the air from a player to a teammate; used primarily to evade a defender by kicking the ball over his head.

club

Sports; Soccer

A collective name for a soccer/football team, and the organisation that runs it.

cleats

Sports; Soccer

the metal, plastic or rubber points in the bottom of a soccer shoe used to provide a player with traction; term also used to refer to the shoes themselves.