corner kick
nounDefinition of corner kick
: 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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With the match tied at 1-1 just before the hour mark, Alexander Callens cleared a ball out of play, seemingly for a corner kick. — Avi Creditor, SI.com, "The MLS XI, Week 19: Drama, Rivalries and Controversy," 15 July 2019 The score came off an in-swinging corner kick from Dos Santos that dipped into the six-yard box for Feltscher, who stuck out his right foot and deflected the ball in for his first goal of the season. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "Galaxy and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are held in check in loss to Earthquakes," 13 July 2019 Feltscher gave the Galaxy a 1-0 lead 101 seconds into the game off a corner kick from Jonathan dos Santos as both players were returning to the Galaxy from international duty. — Field Level Media, The Mercury News, "San Jose Earthquakes tally three second-half goals to down LA Galaxy," 12 July 2019 Julie Ertz scored in the 26th minute with a header off a corner kick from Davidson that Endler got her hands on but couldn't stop. — Anne M. Peterson, chicagotribune.com, "Carli Lloyd scores twice as U.S. beats Chile 3-0 and reaches Women's World Cup knockout round," 16 June 2019 Julie Ertz scored in the 26th minute with a header off a corner kick from Davidson that Endler got her hands on but couldn’t stop. — Anne M. Peterson, The Denver Post, "Carli Lloyd, a World Cup starter again, scores twice as U.S. beats Chile," 16 June 2019 In the 79th, a Charleston corner kick landed right at the feet of Guerra, who easily put it away to even the score once again. — Jonah Dylan, courant.com, "Hartford Athletic stunned by Charleston Battery in 3-2 home loss," 21 July 2019 His header intended to clear Valeri’s corner kick went past Colorado goalkeeper Tim Howard into the back of the net. — Andy Buhler, The Denver Post, "Rapids, Timbers play to 2-2 tie in Portland," 13 July 2019 Title IX contains no language about corner kicks or World Cups. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Celebrate the US women’s soccer team, but also celebrate Title IX," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corner kick.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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