corner kick
noun
: a free kick from a corner of a soccer field awarded to an attacker when a defender plays the ball out-of-bounds over the end line
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Yet, when the team needed a goal, Caruso delivered, mostly to the head of senior teammate Samantha Villaverde off corner kicks and set pieces.
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Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Mexico didn’t own the majority of possession, corner kicks or duels won.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
In the 36th minute, Ally Watt doubled the lead with a glancing near-post header from Marta’s corner kick.
—Theo Lloyd-Hughes, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
After the Spartans tied the match a little later, Menlo’s leading scorer Roya Rezaee headed in a corner kick from Krista Arreola to break the 1-1 deadlock.
—Mike Lefkow, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
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Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Mexico didn’t own the majority of possession, corner kicks or duels won.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
In the 36th minute, Ally Watt doubled the lead with a glancing near-post header from Marta’s corner kick.
—Theo Lloyd-Hughes, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
After the Spartans tied the match a little later, Menlo’s leading scorer Roya Rezaee headed in a corner kick from Krista Arreola to break the 1-1 deadlock.
—Mike Lefkow, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Corner kick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner%20kick. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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