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Advantage: A referee can decide not to call an infraction if allowing play to continue creates an advantage for the fouled team.

Back pass: A ball played toward a player's own goal. Most often a pass from a defender to his own goalkeeper. An intentional back pass made with a defender's feet cannot be handled by his own goalkeeper.

Booking: A term referring to a player's name being written down by a referee for either a yellow or red card infraction.

Box: The penalty area that runs 18 yards in front of the goal line. Also, a term used when the goalkeeper punches the ball.

Center Forward: Striker who leads the attack.

Clear: A defensive kick that attempts to get the ball out of a scoring area, particularly the penalty area.

Corner kick: A kick given to the offensive team when the defending side clears the ball completely over the end or goal line. The kick is taken from the left or right corner depending upon which side of the field the ball went out of bounds.

Defenders: Players positioned in front of the goalkeeper whose primary duty is to stop the opposition from getting shots and scoring. Outside fullbacks play on the wings. Central defenders often cover the opposition's center forward or leading goal scorer.

Direct kick: A free kick awarded when a player kicks, trips, charges, jumps at, strikes or holds an opponent or handles the ball with his hand. The defending team must stand at least 10 yards away from the ball before the kick. The kick is taken from the point of the infraction, and the designated player taking the kick may score directly without another player having to touch the ball.

Drop ball: Used after an injury stops play or play has been stopped for some other reason without the ball going out of bounds. The referee drops the ball onto the ground between two opposing players where play stopped. The ball must bounce before players can kick it.

Football (or Futbol): Internationally recognized term for the sport, also known as soccer in the U.S. and Australia and calcio in Italy.

Foul: An infraction of the rules by a player or even a team official. A free kick is awarded to the opposing team.

Free kick: A kick taken by the attacking team after a player is fouled. Teams must allow the kicker a minimum of 10 yards before the ball is put into play.

Goal: The manner in which points are scored; to score, the ball must completely cross over the goal line and into the goal; a goal counts as one point.

Goal area: A 60-foot wide by 18-foot deep rectangular area in front of each goal.

Goalkeeper: Defends the goal; the only player who can handle the ball within the penalty area with his hands.

Goal kick: A free kick taken either by the goalkeeper or member of the defending team when the attacking team puts the ball completely over the goal line.

Goal lines: Also known as the end line. Lines that run from sideline-to-sideline at both ends of the field, with the goal in the middle; represents the end of the playing area at the far end of each side of the field.

Golden Goal: A popular term for an overtime or sudden-death goal, where a game ends with the scoring of a goal rather than by the expiration of an extra-time period; used in some international soccer tournaments, including the elimination rounds of the World Cup.

Injury time: Time added to the end of either half by the referee to compensate for time lost due to injuries or other delays during each half; the determination of injury time is solely the responsibility of the referee.

Kickoff: A free kick used to star the game, half, overtime or play after a goal.

Midfielder: Players who line up in front of defenders and behind strikers; members of the team whose role is to link the forwards and defense. Midfielders can specialize as attackers or defenders.

Obstruction: Blocking an opponent with the body without maintaining possession of the ball within playing distance. It results in an indirect free kick for the attacking team.

Official FIFA Ball: A ball that meets the specifications of the international sanctioning body; between 27 and 28 inches in circumference and 14-to-16 ounces in weight.

Offside: An infraction which occurs when an attacker sends a pass to a teammate in the attacking half of the field without two defenders -- which can include a goalkeeper -- between the teammate and the goal.

Own goal: When a player accidentally kicks, heads or knocks the ball into his own goal. The point is awarded to the offensive team.

Penalty arc: The half moon positioned at the top of the penalty area, the top of which is 10 yards from the penalty spot. Players cannot enter the arc when a player attempts a penalty kick.

Penalty Area: A 60-foot wide by 18-foot deep rectangular area in front of each goal; the area in which the goalkeeper can use his hands.

Penalty kick: A free kick awarded for any personal fouls or for intentionally handling of the ball by a defending player within the penalty area; a penalty shot is taken from the designated spot, 12 yards from the goal line in the center of the penalty area, with only the goalkeeper defending the shot.

Penalty spot: The small circle 12 yards from the goal from which a player attempts a penalty shot after a defensive foul in the penalty area.

Point System: Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Save: The goalkeeper stopping a scoring opportunity by either catching the ball or knocking it away from the goal.

Soccer: Term for the sport U.S. and Australia, also known as football (or futbol) in many countries, and calcio in Italy.

Sweeper: Defender who plays behind the back line with no marking assignments; the link who supports both defensive and attacking play; works in unison with his goalkeeper.

Tie: Also known as a draw. When two teams end the game or overtime with the same amount of goals.

Touch line: The boundary lines running the full length of the field on each side of the playing area.

U.S. Soccer: The commonly used name for the United States Soccer Federation, which administers soccer in the United States. It's based in Chicago, Illinois.

Wall: The line of players used to prevent a direct kick from scoring; lined up 10 yards from where the direct kick is taken.

World Cup: International tournament played every four years by the best soccer teams of the world to define the World’s Champion.

Zone defense: Defenders cover a designated area instead of a specific player.

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