midfield
noun
mid·field
ˈmid-ˌfēld 
ˌmid-ˈfēld
1
: the middle portion of a field
especially
: the portion of a playing field (as in football) that is midway between goals
2
: the players on a team (as in lacrosse or soccer) that normally play in the midfield
Examples of midfield in a Sentence
The team captains shook hands at midfield.
The ball went out of bounds near midfield.
They have a talented midfield this year.
Recent Examples on the Web
Recent Supreme Court rulings have been more lenient toward religion in schools, such as in 2022, when the court ruled in favor of a Washington state football coach who knelt at midfield to pray and was joined by student-athletes.
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Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Drew Watkins, Francis Scott Key, senior, midfield After first team All-County selections in field hockey and basketball, Watkins earns a first team selection in her third sport this school year after a 41-goal, 11-assist lacrosse season for FSK.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
Southgate has so far been unable to find a midfield pairing that’s worked for him at Euro 2024, this time opting to start Conor Gallagher alongside Declan Rice instead of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 25 June 2024
Phil Foden – recently named Premier League player of the season – was once again anonymous in an England shirt, while the experiment of playing Trent Alexander-Arnold alongside Declan Rice in midfield proved inconclusive.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 17 June 2024
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Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Drew Watkins, Francis Scott Key, senior, midfield After first team All-County selections in field hockey and basketball, Watkins earns a first team selection in her third sport this school year after a 41-goal, 11-assist lacrosse season for FSK.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
Southgate has so far been unable to find a midfield pairing that’s worked for him at Euro 2024, this time opting to start Conor Gallagher alongside Declan Rice instead of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 25 June 2024
Phil Foden – recently named Premier League player of the season – was once again anonymous in an England shirt, while the experiment of playing Trent Alexander-Arnold alongside Declan Rice in midfield proved inconclusive.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 17 June 2024
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“Midfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midfield. Accessed 3 Jul. 2024.
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