goal kick

Related to goal kick: corner kick

goal kick

A free kick in soccer that is awarded to a defensive team when the ball has been driven out of bounds over the goal line by an opponent.

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goal kick

1. (Soccer) soccer a kick taken from the six-yard line by the defending team after the ball has been put out of play by an opposing player

2. (Rugby) rugby an attempt to kick a goal

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goal kick

Kick taken by the defending team after the attackers have kicked the ball over the goal line but not into the goal.

Translations

goal kick

n (Ftbl) → rimessa (in gioco) dalla linea di fondo

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In years gone by, goal kicks were used to lump the ball up field - it was essentially a free clearance.

Law change is set to speed up play in goal-kick scenario

EDERSON finally has an assist to his name as a City player after Sergio Aguero controlled one of his goal kicks against Huddersfield and found the net.

City create goals from Ederson's long balls

"Craig Gordon is on his line to take the goal kick, makes the pass out wide and Don comes running through his box.

BREN RAPS ROPEY REFS; Do refs know rules blast

Keeper Scott Davies launched a goal kick, but when the linesman flagged and Moors stopped, Kirby pounced for an easy finish.

Flag mix-up leaves Moors embarrassed

Welsh supporters' band the Barry Horns had earlier tweeted to say: "My favourite part of the game was Andorra's comedy goalkeeper, who collapsed with cramp at the end taking a goal kick. LEGEND." But Pol is no mug - having saved a penalty from Chelsea and Belgium star Eden Hazard last Saturday.

Cramp 'n' chips please as Pol's out on the town

But Hussain sent a goal kick to Pinga, who was introduced only minutes earlier and the Brazilian midfielder advanced and crossed from the left flank to Saeed Al Khathiri whose header sealed the result only four minutes before the final whistle.

Ajman fall with late heartbreak

From a goal kick, striker Mark McCammon headed on for Simeon Jackson to race through the Darlington defence and score on 20 minutes.

PENNEY CONFIDENT THERE'S MORE TO COME FROM QUAKERS

By the time a goalkeeper is 15/16, he (or she) should be responsible for every goal kick from the penalty area.

The Moving Scene

is in a goal kick is can be another player the Rule When the defending team takes a free kick in their own penalty area, the ball is in play once the kick is taken; it does not have to leave the penalty area before it can be played.

New rules to kick off the coming season... clarification of handball among new regulations

If you cross Heskey with a ball, more often than not you get a goal kick. Last year, team-mates found the gin best way to protect themselves was by disguising themselves as a goal.

Em miles off target; RESULT!

I WAS most interested to read the article (Oct 17, about Jack Farthing, the goalie who scored from a goal kick).

Rare goal at my only footy game; Letters

The resulting goal kick went straight to Jack Woollett, who made no mistake in scoring his second of the game.