goal kick
noun
: a free kick in soccer awarded to a defensive player when the ball is driven out of bounds over the end line by an opposing player
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Ipswich Town, barely a goal kick from Felixstowe Beach and dreadful at the end of the season.
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Here, against Manchester City in this season’s first knockout round, for example, as the ball makes its way out to Ferland Mendy from a short goal kick, all three Madrid midfielders surge across in support, dragging the opposition defensive structure over to the left.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The chant, which is traditionally used while an opposing goalkeeper takes a goal kick, originated in the Mexican city of Guadalajara in the early 2000s.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
Fans were warned three times in the final minutes after chanting a homophobic slur during St. Louis’ goal kicks.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Here, against Manchester City in this season’s first knockout round, for example, as the ball makes its way out to Ferland Mendy from a short goal kick, all three Madrid midfielders surge across in support, dragging the opposition defensive structure over to the left.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The chant, which is traditionally used while an opposing goalkeeper takes a goal kick, originated in the Mexican city of Guadalajara in the early 2000s.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
Fans were warned three times in the final minutes after chanting a homophobic slur during St. Louis’ goal kicks.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Goal kick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20kick. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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