WAITING FOR SOCCER TO RETURN
This major European league was the first to return to action during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020.
What is the Bundesliga?
This is the term for the first game a team plays in a new season.
What is the season opener?
This part of the foot is typically used for short, accurate passes.
What is the inside of the foot?
This is how many players each team starts with on the field.
What is 11?
This country won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
What is Argentina?
In the early stages of lockdowns, this viral social media challenge had fans and players juggling toilet paper.
What is the #StayAtHomeChallenge?
Before the season begins, teams often travel for these types of games to get match fit.
What are pre-season friendlies?
This is the basic rule that states players cannot be closer to the opponent’s goal than the second-last defender when the ball is played to them.
What is the offside rule?
This official enforces the rules and makes decisions during a match.
What is the referee?
This player has scored the most goals in FIFA World Cup history.
What is Miroslav Klose?
During the pandemic, this rule change allowed teams to make 5 substitutions instead of 3.
What is the five-substitution rule?
This transfer window typically opens before a new season begins.
What is the summer transfer window?
This position is responsible for defending and usually plays in the central part of the back line.
What is a center-back?
This type of kick is awarded when a foul occurs inside the penalty box.
What is a penalty kick?
This was the first country to host the FIFA World Cup in 1930.
What is Uruguay?
While waiting for soccer’s return, this video game’s eSports version filled in for live matches on TV in some countries.
What is FIFA?
This term refers to a young player promoted to the first team at the start of a season.
What is an academy graduate?
This is the official term for restarting play when the ball crosses the sideline.
What is a throw-in?
This is what you call a pass that splits two defenders and leads to a scoring chance.
What is a through ball?
This country holds the record for the most World Cup titles.
What is Brazil?
With fans absent, broadcasters used this artificial feature to simulate crowd noise during empty stadium games.
What is artificial crowd noise?
This is the document FIFA requires to register a player in a new league during the season start.
What is an International Transfer Certificate (ITC)?
The part of the body that cannot be used to control the ball, except by the goalkeeper in their own box.
What is the hand or arm?
This is the term for a pass or cross made immediately before a goal is scored.
What is an assist?
This team made history by reaching the semi-finals in the 2022 World Cup, the first African nation ever to do so.
What is Morocco?