| 1.Attacking midfielder | - The most forward-playing midfielder, playing right
behind the strikers, he supports the Striker by providing quality passes so
the striker has a good chance to score a goal. |
| 2.Attacking team | -The team that has possession of the ball, in which they are getting
close to scoring a goal. |
| 3.Bicycle kick or scissors kick | - When a player kicks the ball in mid-air backwards and
over his own head, usually making contact above waist level. |
| 4.Chest trap | - When a player uses his chest to slow down and control the ball in the air. |
| 5.Chip pass | - When a player kicks the ball in the air to his teamate, where the ball
passes over the opponents head. |
| 6.Chip shot | - A ball kicked into the air, trying to make the ball pass over the
goalkeeper's head and still make it under the crossbar and into the goal. |
| 7.Consolation match | - A tournament game played between the losers of the 2
semi-final matches to decide the third-place team in the tournament. |
| 8.Defensive midfielder | - The player positioned just in front of his team's defence,
he is often assigned to mark the opposition's strikers. |
| 9.Dribbling | - A player who has quality control of the ball where he has firm
control of the ball with his feet. |
| 10.Football | - Name for soccer everywhere around the world except USA. |
| 11.Goal | - When a ball crosses the goal line and below the crossbar,
for which a point will be awarded. |
| 12.Hacking | - Kicking an opponents leg by purpose. |
| 13.Hand Ball | - When a player touches the ball with his hands, then the
opposing team is awarded a direct free kick. |
| 14.Hat Trick | - A player who scores three goals or more is known as a Hat Trick. |
| 15.In play | - When a ball is within the boundaries of the field and play has not been
stopped by the referee. |
| 16.Instep drive | - A straight shot taken with the instep of a player's foot, it is usually the
most powerful and accurate of shots when playing soccer. |
| 17.Juggling | - Keeping a ball in the air with any part of the body but without using
the hands or arms. Juggling is regularly used by soccer player, for practice and
developing co-ordination. |
| 18.League | - A group of teams that are playing each other to decide what standings
they reach at the end of the soccer season. |
| 19.Loft or lob | - A very high arching kick. |
| 20.Man-to-man | - When a player is assigned to mark and take the ball away
from the opposing player. |
| 21.Near Post | - The goal post that is closest to the ball. |
| 22.Official game clock | - The clock that the referee carries with him on the field
so he can signal when each half-time and full-time is over. |
| 23.Offside | - When a attacking player positioned so that fewer than 2 opposing
defensive players normally the goalkeeper and 1 other defender, are
between him and the goal, then the attacking player is offside. A player is not
offside if he is exactly even with one or both of these defensive players. |
| 24.Push pass | - When a player pushes the ball with the inside of his foot to a team-mate. |
| 25.Shin-Guards | - Pads that is strapped onto a player's lower leg to protect the shins,
so if an opponent kicks the player, he would not be seriously injured. |
| 26.Short-Handed | - A team playing with less than its full 11 players that should be
playing is called short-handed. |
| 27.Square pass | - A pass that is made by a player to a teammate running alongside
him is called a square pass. |
| 28.Thigh trap | - When a player is using his thigh to slow down and control a ball in the air, then this is referred as a thigh
trap. |
| 29.Trap | - When a player is using his body to slow down and control a moving ball, frequently using his chest, thighs or feet
is called a trap. |
| 30.Volley | - When a ball is kicked by a player when it is off the ground then this is refereed as a volley. |
| 31.Wall | - A line of defending players that are together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal, so that when the opponents
take a free kick they will find it difficult to place the ball inside the goal. |
note that all of the terms came from