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Soccer crossword

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Soccer12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 3 Studded shoes for grip on turf
  • 6 Forward whose job is scoring
  • 9 Three goals by one player in a game
  • 10 Kick from the flag at the field's edge
  • 14 Only player allowed to use hands inside the penalty area
  • 15 Infraction for being past the last defender too soon
  • 16 Two-handed restart after the ball leaves the sideline

Down

  • 1 The marked grass playing surface
  • 2 Score with your forehead
  • 4 Pass that sets up a teammate's goal
  • 5 Kick taken from twelve yards out
  • 7 Zone between the attackers and defenders
  • 8 Advance while keeping the ball at your feet
  • 11 Official's noisemaker that stops play
  • 12 Tournament held every four years by FIFA
  • 13 Horizontal top of the frame

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Soccer1P2HI3CLEATSACDH4AE5P6STRIKERSNIASL7M8DT9HATTRICK10CORNERYDIF11WB12WI13CHB14GOALKEEPERILRL15OFFSIDELDSTDSLCBEUAP16THROWIN
  1. 1 down: PITCH. The marked grass playing surface
  2. 2 down: HEADER. Score with your forehead
  3. 3 across: CLEATS. Studded shoes for grip on turf
  4. 4 down: ASSIST. Pass that sets up a teammate's goal
  5. 5 down: PENALTY. Kick taken from twelve yards out
  6. 6 across: STRIKER. Forward whose job is scoring
  7. 7 down: MIDFIELD. Zone between the attackers and defenders
  8. 8 down: DRIBBLE. Advance while keeping the ball at your feet
  9. 9 across: HATTRICK. Three goals by one player in a game
  10. 10 across: CORNER. Kick from the flag at the field's edge
  11. 11 down: WHISTLE. Official's noisemaker that stops play
  12. 12 down: WORLDCUP. Tournament held every four years by FIFA
  13. 13 down: CROSSBAR. Horizontal top of the frame
  14. 14 across: GOALKEEPER. Only player allowed to use hands inside the penalty area
  15. 15 across: OFFSIDE. Infraction for being past the last defender too soon
  16. 16 across: THROWIN. Two-handed restart after the ball leaves the sideline
Soccer1234567891011121314

Across

  • 2 Infraction for being past the last defender too soon
  • 5 Only player allowed to use hands inside the penalty area
  • 6 Kick taken from twelve yards out
  • 7 Advance while keeping the ball at your feet
  • 8 Tournament held every four years by FIFA
  • 10 Kick from the flag at the field's edge
  • 13 Two-handed restart after the ball leaves the sideline
  • 14 Forward whose job is scoring

Down

  • 1 Zone between the attackers and defenders
  • 3 Three goals by one player in a game
  • 4 Horizontal top of the frame
  • 8 Official's noisemaker that stops play
  • 9 Score with your forehead
  • 10 Studded shoes for grip on turf
  • 11 The marked grass playing surface
  • 12 Pass that sets up a teammate's goal

Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Soccer1M2OFFSIDEDF3HI4C5GOALKEEPERTLO6PENALTYDSRSI7DRIBBLE8WORLDCUPA9HHKR10CORNERILAS11PE12AD13THROWINASELTT14STRIKERCSIHST
  1. 1 down: MIDFIELD. Zone between the attackers and defenders
  2. 2 across: OFFSIDE. Infraction for being past the last defender too soon
  3. 3 down: HATTRICK. Three goals by one player in a game
  4. 4 down: CROSSBAR. Horizontal top of the frame
  5. 5 across: GOALKEEPER. Only player allowed to use hands inside the penalty area
  6. 6 across: PENALTY. Kick taken from twelve yards out
  7. 7 across: DRIBBLE. Advance while keeping the ball at your feet
  8. 8 across: WORLDCUP. Tournament held every four years by FIFA
  9. 8 down: WHISTLE. Official's noisemaker that stops play
  10. 9 down: HEADER. Score with your forehead
  11. 10 across: CORNER. Kick from the flag at the field's edge
  12. 10 down: CLEATS. Studded shoes for grip on turf
  13. 11 down: PITCH. The marked grass playing surface
  14. 12 down: ASSIST. Pass that sets up a teammate's goal
  15. 13 across: THROWIN. Two-handed restart after the ball leaves the sideline
  16. 14 across: STRIKER. Forward whose job is scoring
Soccer12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 2 Kick from the flag at the field's edge
  • 4 Forward whose job is scoring
  • 6 The marked grass playing surface
  • 8 Infraction for being past the last defender too soon
  • 10 Kick taken from twelve yards out
  • 12 Only player allowed to use hands inside the penalty area
  • 14 Horizontal top of the frame
  • 16 Studded shoes for grip on turf

Down

  • 1 Score with your forehead
  • 3 Advance while keeping the ball at your feet
  • 5 Two-handed restart after the ball leaves the sideline
  • 7 Zone between the attackers and defenders
  • 9 Three goals by one player in a game
  • 11 Official's noisemaker that stops play
  • 13 Tournament held every four years by FIFA
  • 15 Pass that sets up a teammate's goal

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Soccer1H2CORNERA3DD4STRIKER5TIR6PITCH7MBRIB8OFFSIDEL9HWF10PENALTYIITNET11W12GOALKEEPERH13WDIIO14CROSSBARKTL15ALDSE16CLEATSUIPST
  1. 1 down: HEADER. Score with your forehead
  2. 2 across: CORNER. Kick from the flag at the field's edge
  3. 3 down: DRIBBLE. Advance while keeping the ball at your feet
  4. 4 across: STRIKER. Forward whose job is scoring
  5. 5 down: THROWIN. Two-handed restart after the ball leaves the sideline
  6. 6 across: PITCH. The marked grass playing surface
  7. 7 down: MIDFIELD. Zone between the attackers and defenders
  8. 8 across: OFFSIDE. Infraction for being past the last defender too soon
  9. 9 down: HATTRICK. Three goals by one player in a game
  10. 10 across: PENALTY. Kick taken from twelve yards out
  11. 11 down: WHISTLE. Official's noisemaker that stops play
  12. 12 across: GOALKEEPER. Only player allowed to use hands inside the penalty area
  13. 13 down: WORLDCUP. Tournament held every four years by FIFA
  14. 14 across: CROSSBAR. Horizontal top of the frame
  15. 15 down: ASSIST. Pass that sets up a teammate's goal
  16. 16 across: CLEATS. Studded shoes for grip on turf

About Soccer

Soccer runs on a simple structure: two teams of eleven, two halves of forty-five minutes, and one referee whose whistle starts and stops everything. Most of the vocabulary on this sheet comes from that structure. A hat trick is three goals by one player in a single match. The offside rule governs where an attacker may stand when a teammate passes. The World Cup, held every four years, draws national teams from every continent, and the field itself is called the pitch.

Reach for this when a class, team, or family is talking soccer during a tournament season or the week before a first practice.

What is in this crossword

A 21 by 21 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Soccer.

Grid
21 x 21
Across
7
Down
9
Longest answer
GOALKEEPER (10 letters)

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