FOOTBALL TERMS

World Cup: mostly associated with the men's FIFA World Cup.[329] FIFA also organises the FIFA
Women's World Cup,[330] international tournaments for youth football (such as the FIFA U-20 World
Cup), and also the FIFA Club World Cup.

Pitch: playing surface for a game of football; usually a specially prepared grass field, referred as the
field of play.

Hat-trick: when a player scores three goals.

Brace: when a player scores two goals in a single match

Header: using the head as a means of playing or controlling the ball.

Save: when a goalkeeper prevents the football from crossing the goal line between the goalposts.

Free kick: the result of a foul outside the penalty area, given against the offending team. Free kicks can
be either direct (shot straight towards the goal) or indirect (the ball must touch another player before a
goal can be scored

First eleven: the eleven players who, when available, would be the ones usually chosen by the team's
manager to start a game.

Chip: high trajectory shot, hit with the intention of the ball going over the goalkeeper and into the goal.

Bicycle kick: move made by a player with their back to the goal. The player throws their body into the
air, makes a shearing movement with the legs to get one leg in front of the other, and attempts to play
the ball backwards over their own head, all before returning to the ground. Also known as an overhead
kick.

Assist: pass that leads to a goal being scored.

Attacker: usually refers to a striker,[30] but can be used to describe any player close to the opposing
team's goal line.

Striker: one of the four main positions in football. Strikers are the players closest to the opposition goal,
with the principal role of scoring goals. Also known as forward or attacker.

Defender: one of the four main positions in football. Defenders are positioned in front of the
goalkeeper and have the principal role of keeping the opposition away from their goal.

Direct free kick: awarded to fouled team following certain listed "penal" fouls. A goal may be scored
directly from a direct free kick.
 Dribbling: when a player runs with the ball at their feet under close control. Dribbling on a winding
course past several opponents in close proximity without losing possession is sometimes described as
making a mazy run or mazy dribble.

First eleven: the eleven players who, when available, would be the ones usually chosen by the team's
manager to start a game.

Goalkeeper: player closest to the goal a team is defending. A goalkeeper has the job of preventing the
opposition from scoring. They are the only player on the pitch that can handle the ball in open play,
although they can only do so in the penalty area.[30] Known informally as a keeper or a goalie.

Half-volley: pass or shot in which the ball is struck just as, or just after, it touches the ground.

Overhead kick: see Bicycle kick.

Parking the bus: expression used when all the players on a team play defensively, usually when the
team is winning by a narrow margin.

Pass: when a player kicks the ball to one of their teammates.

Penalty kick: kick taken 12 yards (11 metres) from goal, awarded when a team commits a foul inside its
own penalty area, and the infringement would usually be punishable by a direct free kick.

Penalty shootout: method of deciding a match in a knockout competition, which has ended in a draw
after full-time and extra-time. Players from each side take it in turns to attempt to score a penalty
against the opposition goalkeeper. Sudden death is introduced if scores are level after five penalties
have been taken by either side. Also spelt penalty shoot-out.