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Across 3. The metal, plastic or rubber points in the bottom of a soccer/football shoe used to provide a player with traction. 7. Any player on the team that has possession of the ball. 2. All players on the team are attackers / attacker. 10. Taking the ball from your opponent by using the feet. 14. Positioning between the ball and an opponent attempting to gain possession. 15. The method of starting a game or restarting it after each goal. 17. The intermission between the 2 periods or halves of a game. 18. A single player performance, e.g. a good push pass, chest trap, turning, jumping, etc. 19. The players on the team that does not have possession of the ball. 20. A line of 2 to 5 defending players pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal against a close free kick; creates a more difficult shot by reducing the amount of open goal area the kicker has to shoot at. 21. When a defensive player, instead of going after the ball, uses his body to prevent an offensive player from playing it.

Down 1. A player's use of his head to deflect the ball. 2. The act of a goalkeeper in blocking or stopping a shot that would have gone into the goal without his intervention. 4. When a player kicks the ball at the opponent's net in an attempt to score a goal. 5. Positioning between the ball and an opponent attempting to gain possession. 6. The striking of a ball in the air by a player's head. 8. When a player kicks the ball to his teammate. 9. A front-running central attacker. 11. A player who links the defenders with the attackers and contributes to both attack and defense. 12. A type of defense that assigns each defender to a particular area in front of or around his team's goal in which he is responsible for marking any attacker that enters. 13. Player or team having/in control of the ball. 16. Name for soccer everywhere in the world.