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05-18-2013, 06:33 PM
Professional foul:
a foul (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Foul) committed intentionally, usually by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) on an attacker (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Attacker) just outside the defender's penalty area (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Penalty_area); used to prevent a scoring opportunity (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Scoring_opportunity) without incurring a penalty shot (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Penalty_shot).
Push pass:
when a player pushes the ball with the inside of his foot to a teammate.
Qualifying Draw:
the division of teams into groups for World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup)qualifying matches (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Qualifying_matches), held 2 years before The Draw (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Draw).
Qualifying matches:
games played in the 2 years preceding the World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup) to determine which teams participate in the tournament.
Receiver:
a player who gets a pass (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Passing) from a teammate.
Red card:
a playing card-sized card that a referee (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Referee) holds up to signal a player's removal from the game; the player's team must play the rest of the game shorthanded (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Shorthanded); presented for violent behavior or multiple rule infractions (two yellow cards (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Yellow_card) = one red card).
Referee:
the chief official (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Officials); he makes all final decisions, acts as timekeeper (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Timekeeper), calls all fouls (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Foul) and starts and stops play.
Regular season:
the schedule of games set before the season; consists of all games played before a playoff (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Playoff) or tournament is held.
Regulation game:
two completed periods (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Periods) of a game, prior to any overtime (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Overtime) or tiebreaker (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Tiebreaker).
Round:
a stage of a tournament at which teams compete; the World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup) tournament has 5 main rounds.
Rugby:
an offshoot from soccer started in the early 1800s; rugby players are allowed to pick up the ball with their hands and run with it, and also make full contact with each other whether going after the ball or not.
Save:
the act of a goalkeeper (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goalkeeper) in blocking or stopping a shot (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Shot) that would have gone into the goal without his intervention.
Score:
to put the ball into the net (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Net) for a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal); also, the tally of goals for each team playing in a game.
Scorers:
players who score goals (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Scoring opportunity:
a situation where a team stands a good chance of scoring a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Screening:
see Shielding (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Shielding).
Set play:
a planned strategy that a team uses when a game is restarted with a free kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Free_kick), penalty kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Penalty_kick), corner kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Corner_kick), goal kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal_kick), throw-in (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Throw-in) or kickoff (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Kickoff).
Shielding:
a technique used by aball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier) to protect the ball from a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) closely marking (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Marking) him; the ball carrier keeps his body between the ball and the defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders).
Shinguards:
pads that strap onto a player's lower leg to protect the shins should he or she be kicked there.
Shooting:
when a player kicks the ball at the opponent's net (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Net) in an attempt to score a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Shorthanded:
a team playing with less than its full complement of 11 players.
Shot:
a ball kicked or headed by a player at the opponent's net (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Net) in an attempt to score a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Shoulder charge:
minimal shoulder-to-shoulder contact by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) against a ball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier); the only contact allowed by the rules unless a defender touches the ball first.
Shutout:
preventing the opposition from scoring any goals (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal) in a game; for example, a score of 2-0 or 4-0; goalies (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goalie) are often credited with shutouts because they did not allow any goals to get past them.
Side tackle:
an attempt by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) to redirect the ball slightly with his foot away from a ball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier) running in the same direction.
Sideline or touchline:
a line that runs along the length of the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field) on each side.
Single elimination:
a type of tournament where a single loss eliminates a team from the tournament.
Sliding tackle:
an attempt by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) to take the ball away from a ball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier) by sliding on the ground feet-first into the ball.
Small-sided game:
a match (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Match) played with fewer than 11 players per side.
Square pass:
a pass (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Passing) made by a player to a teammate running alongside him.
Starter:
a player who is on the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field) to play at the start of a game; a team usually makes its best players starters.
Steal:
when a player takes the ball away from an opposing player.
Stopper:
the defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) that marks (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Marking) the best scorer (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Scorers) on the attacking team (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Attacking_team), often the opposition's striker (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Striker); exists only in a man-to-man defense (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Man-to-man).
Striker:
a team's most powerful and best-scoring forward (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Forwards) who plays towards the center of the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field); also, the name of the mascotfor the 1994 World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup).
Substitution:
replacement of one player on the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field) with another player not on the field; FIFA rules allow only 3 substitutions per game.
a foul (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Foul) committed intentionally, usually by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) on an attacker (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Attacker) just outside the defender's penalty area (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Penalty_area); used to prevent a scoring opportunity (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Scoring_opportunity) without incurring a penalty shot (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Penalty_shot).
Push pass:
when a player pushes the ball with the inside of his foot to a teammate.
Qualifying Draw:
the division of teams into groups for World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup)qualifying matches (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Qualifying_matches), held 2 years before The Draw (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Draw).
Qualifying matches:
games played in the 2 years preceding the World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup) to determine which teams participate in the tournament.
Receiver:
a player who gets a pass (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Passing) from a teammate.
Red card:
a playing card-sized card that a referee (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Referee) holds up to signal a player's removal from the game; the player's team must play the rest of the game shorthanded (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Shorthanded); presented for violent behavior or multiple rule infractions (two yellow cards (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Yellow_card) = one red card).
Referee:
the chief official (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Officials); he makes all final decisions, acts as timekeeper (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Timekeeper), calls all fouls (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Foul) and starts and stops play.
Regular season:
the schedule of games set before the season; consists of all games played before a playoff (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Playoff) or tournament is held.
Regulation game:
two completed periods (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Periods) of a game, prior to any overtime (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Overtime) or tiebreaker (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Tiebreaker).
Round:
a stage of a tournament at which teams compete; the World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup) tournament has 5 main rounds.
Rugby:
an offshoot from soccer started in the early 1800s; rugby players are allowed to pick up the ball with their hands and run with it, and also make full contact with each other whether going after the ball or not.
Save:
the act of a goalkeeper (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goalkeeper) in blocking or stopping a shot (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Shot) that would have gone into the goal without his intervention.
Score:
to put the ball into the net (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Net) for a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal); also, the tally of goals for each team playing in a game.
Scorers:
players who score goals (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Scoring opportunity:
a situation where a team stands a good chance of scoring a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Screening:
see Shielding (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Shielding).
Set play:
a planned strategy that a team uses when a game is restarted with a free kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Free_kick), penalty kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Penalty_kick), corner kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Corner_kick), goal kick (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal_kick), throw-in (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Throw-in) or kickoff (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Kickoff).
Shielding:
a technique used by aball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier) to protect the ball from a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) closely marking (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Marking) him; the ball carrier keeps his body between the ball and the defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders).
Shinguards:
pads that strap onto a player's lower leg to protect the shins should he or she be kicked there.
Shooting:
when a player kicks the ball at the opponent's net (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Net) in an attempt to score a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Shorthanded:
a team playing with less than its full complement of 11 players.
Shot:
a ball kicked or headed by a player at the opponent's net (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Net) in an attempt to score a goal (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal).
Shoulder charge:
minimal shoulder-to-shoulder contact by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) against a ball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier); the only contact allowed by the rules unless a defender touches the ball first.
Shutout:
preventing the opposition from scoring any goals (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goal) in a game; for example, a score of 2-0 or 4-0; goalies (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Goalie) are often credited with shutouts because they did not allow any goals to get past them.
Side tackle:
an attempt by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) to redirect the ball slightly with his foot away from a ball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier) running in the same direction.
Sideline or touchline:
a line that runs along the length of the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field) on each side.
Single elimination:
a type of tournament where a single loss eliminates a team from the tournament.
Sliding tackle:
an attempt by a defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) to take the ball away from a ball carrier (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Ball_carrier) by sliding on the ground feet-first into the ball.
Small-sided game:
a match (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Match) played with fewer than 11 players per side.
Square pass:
a pass (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Passing) made by a player to a teammate running alongside him.
Starter:
a player who is on the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field) to play at the start of a game; a team usually makes its best players starters.
Steal:
when a player takes the ball away from an opposing player.
Stopper:
the defender (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Defenders) that marks (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Marking) the best scorer (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Scorers) on the attacking team (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Attacking_team), often the opposition's striker (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Striker); exists only in a man-to-man defense (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Man-to-man).
Striker:
a team's most powerful and best-scoring forward (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Forwards) who plays towards the center of the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field); also, the name of the mascotfor the 1994 World Cup (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#World_Cup).
Substitution:
replacement of one player on the field (http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_glossary.html#Field) with another player not on the field; FIFA rules allow only 3 substitutions per game.