Agent
Person who represents players and negotiates contracts and transfer moves
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Assist
A pass that releases a player to score a goal. The pass can be on the ground, a flick or a cross
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Away goals rule
In cup competitions if scores are tied over two legs, the team with the most away goals wins
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Back-pass rule
Law stating that deliberate passes y a player to their goalkeeper may not be handled
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Cap
Appearance by a player for their country
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Caution
Yellow card.
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Chip
A pass propelled into the air from a player to a teammate or as a shot on goal
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Counter-attack
A quick attack by a team after it regains possession of the ball
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Cross
To send the ball in to the center fro a wide area of the field
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Cushion the ball
Use of your body to bring the ball under control by reducing its speed
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Derby
A game between two rival teams, usually from the same town or city. i.e. Liverpool and Everton
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Direct free kick
A free kick from which a goal can be scored without anyone else on either team touching the ball
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Dissent
When a player uses words or actions to disagree with a referees decision in a disrespectful manner
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Distribution
The manner in which the ball is released by a goal keeper or player to teammates
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Final third
Assuming the field is divided into the back, middle and front, the final third for an attacking team is the front third
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Game of two halves
A popular phrase describing a game in which one half is vastly different frm the other in terms of attacking impetus or possession
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Golden goal
A system used to decide a winner of a game tied after regulation time. If a team is ahead at the end of the first period of extra time they win the game
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Hat trick
The scoring of three goals by one player in a single game
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Offside trap
A defensive tactic used by teams to lure opposing attacking players into offside positions
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Overlap
To run ahead of a teammate with the ball in order to give them passing options
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Professional foul
An intentional foul by a defender on an opposing attacker about to be clear on goal
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Reserve team
A team made up mostly of a club's youth and fringe players
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Route one
Slang for a style of playing that involves long balls kicked up the field from the defence in search of teammates. Popularized by many English teams in the 80s
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Silver goal
A system used to decide a winner of a game tied after regulation time. The first team to score in extra time wins the game
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Sixes and Sevens
A British phrase used in soccer to usually describe chaotic defending e.g. "...their defence was at sixes and sevens."
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Square pass
To pass the ball to a teammate who is across the field but on the same line
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Stoppage time
Time added on by the referee at the end of the regular 90 minutes. Usually for injuries, substitutions and time wasting
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Total football
A style of play popularized by Johan Cruyff's Dutch team in the 70s where every player on the team seamlessly switched positions
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Volley
A ball kicked by a player when it is off the ground
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Wingback
A defender on the side of the field given the freedom to carry the ball up the wing
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Zonal marking
A defensive system in which players are responsible for areas of the field as opposed to marking specific opponents
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