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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For goal kicks, Pope and Dubravka have gone long around 50 per cent of the time, with the latter often looking for more central zones (shown below). —

Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 Kinsky is part of the new breed of goalkeepers who instinctively look to play short passes from goal kicks and can receive the ball and make intelligent decisions under pressure to beat the opposition press. —

Elias Burke, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 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 See all Example Sentences for goal kick