How to Use penalty kick in a Sentence

penalty kick

noun
  • Still, that penalty kick was not enough to put the team over France.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The first penalty kick from the Netherlands was stopped.
    oregonlive, 30 July 2021
  • The shutout was in doubt from the get-go when the Mustangs earned a penalty kick in the fifth minute of play.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Rusnák scored the team’s lone goal by way of a penalty kick in the 88th minute.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Claire Emslie finished off the penalty kick in the 66th minute to tie the match 2-2.
    oregonlive, 31 May 2023
  • Jessie Fleming scored on a penalty kick in the 74th minute for the game’s lone goal.
    Time, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The Thorns advanced to the final through a penalty kick shootout.
    Portland Timbers and Thorns Fc, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Hill made it all the way up to tip a penalty kick over the crossbar and preserve a 2-2 tie with the Braves.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Espinoza scored on a penalty kick in the 13th minute for his fifth goal of the season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Perry Hall’s goal came on a penalty kick in the first half.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Guangzhou, down by two, narrowed the gap to 2-3 with a penalty kick in the second half.
    Wenxin Fan, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Her winning penalty kick in the shootout took a nice bounce off the goalie’s glove and into the net.
    Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Almeida did score, off a penalty kick in the second half to tie the score with 9:55 left.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Scurry lunges to stop a penalty kick in a shoot-out at the end of a game in the finals of the 1999 Women’s World Cup.
    ELLE, 24 June 2022
  • When Ali scored on a penalty kick in the 55th minute for a 3-0 lead, Qatar seemed to have El Salvador put away.
    José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2021
  • Junior Rosero tied the game with a goal of a penalty kick at 59 minutes.
    Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2022
  • In the fifth minute of extra time, the home side earned a penalty kick and turned to Benzema.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 4 May 2022
  • Bou then drilled the penalty kick past a diving Bono into the left side of the net for his 12th goal of the season.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Baboucarr Njie earned a penalty kick for Rising in the 74th minute.
    Azcentral Sports, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The freshman beat Lander on the penalty kick, but the ball rolled just outside the post to keep the game scoreless.
    Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Leroux scored on a header in the 29th minute and Emslie doubled the lead with a penalty kick in the 41st.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
  • Although the Courage notched an early goal, the Wave were issued a penalty kick in the ninth minute.
    Jackie Gutierrez, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Jorge Orozco added a penalty kick goal to account for the four scores.
    Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Matt Giteau 74th-minute penalty kick gave the vicitors the lead.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
  • Kljestan scored on a penalty kick in the 39th minute and a Zarek Valentin own goal gave the Galaxy a 2-0 lead at the break.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • In the 75th minute Wilson attacked up the right side where he was taken down in the box for a penalty kick.
    Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Later in the first half, they were whistled for a handball and Utah State was award a penalty kick.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The Dolphins’ goals came in the first half, with the first one being a converted penalty kick.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The next year, in 2021, BYU went to the national title game and was a penalty kick away from winning.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Berger stopped two Canada attempts then converted on her own penalty kick to win it.
    Anne M. Peterson, The Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2024

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