goal kick

noun

: a free kick in soccer awarded to a defensive player when the ball is driven out of bounds over the end line by an opposing player

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The example below is from Brentford’s game against Villa and starts with Ethan Pinnock passing a goal kick to Mark Flekken. —

Stuart James, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024 As well as being very close to the penalty area, both of Ipswich’s defensive midfielders, Morsy and Kalvin Phillips, are marked from behind before the goal kick and that feels like a red flag. —

Stuart James, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024 The inch-perfect goal kick, the touch, the turn, the swift strike, the bend of the ball, Mickaël Landreau getting a touch but being unable to keep it out... —

Kris Holt, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 Assistant coach Gianni Vio is a specialist in set pieces — soccer parlance primarily encompassing free kicks and corner kicks but also throw-ins and goal kicks. —

Steven Goff, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for goal kick