corner kick
noun
: 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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Neither team threatened too hard for a goal, but the Rapids came closest with a Jackson Travis header off the post on a corner kick.
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
Callender’s deflection right at the line in the second half caromed to the near side and appeared to cross the end line, but SDFC was not awarded a corner kick.
—Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
But Charlotte’s late-game efforts were all for naught, with the best look in the game’s final minutes, a header by Rodolfo Aloko, sailing into the supporters’ section following a corner kick.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2026
The Bulls got the equalizer in the 19th minute when David Duran took a corner kick that was headed out by a Royal defender right to Contreras, the Championship Game MVP, who took a hard shot from 10 yards out that deflected off the goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
Callender’s deflection right at the line in the second half caromed to the near side and appeared to cross the end line, but SDFC was not awarded a corner kick.
—Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
But Charlotte’s late-game efforts were all for naught, with the best look in the game’s final minutes, a header by Rodolfo Aloko, sailing into the supporters’ section following a corner kick.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2026
The Bulls got the equalizer in the 19th minute when David Duran took a corner kick that was headed out by a Royal defender right to Contreras, the Championship Game MVP, who took a hard shot from 10 yards out that deflected off the goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Corner kick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner%20kick. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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