Vocabulary
Players/Positions
100
a free kick awarded to a team as the result of a foul by an opposing player and from which a goal can be scored directly, without the ball being touched by another player.
What is a direct kick?
100
The only player who is allowed to handle the ball within the penalty area, whose special duty is to prevent the ball from going into the goal.
What is a goalkeeper?
200
Tomove the ball along the field with the feet while maintaining possession.
What is dribbling?
200
It is this player's job to play behind the other two central defenders, mopping up loose balls, passing/dribbling the ball out of defense and adding more security.
What is a sweeper?
300
Hitting the ball with your head.
What is a headball?
300
The section of a team whose job it is to link defense and offense. It is their job to both defend and attack.
What is a midfielder?
400
The playing-card sized card held up by the referee to signal that a player has been sent from the field. The player’s team must play the remainder of the match with 10 men.
What is a red card?
400
The attacking players in a team who are responsible for scoring and creating goals. These players feature at the tip of a formation.
What is a forward?
500
a direct free kick awarded to the attacking team when a defender last touched a ball that crossed entirely over the goal line, taken from the corner area on the side of the field where the ball went out of play.
What is a corner kick?
500
these players play closest to their goal. They have the primary job of stopping the opponents from scoring.
What is a fullback?