Definition 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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Crusaders keeper Andrew Karcher spent much of a 15-minute period making saves and punching out direct and corner kicks.
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His header off a Sacha Kljestan corner kick went just wide.
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Rodriguez scored in the 7th minute off a corner kick to give South Hills a 1-0 lead.
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Greene's first goal occurred six minutes in, and two minutes later, the Skippers' Krista Prescott was the recipient of a corner kick and turned it into another goal two less than two minutes later.
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The first was a header off a corner kick from midfielder Yoshi Yotún to level the match at two goals apiece in the 27th minute.
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Andre Blake had to make a diving save to deny Tommy Smith’s flying header off Jack Price’s corner kick.
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Comeau scored the game-tying goal off a corner kick in stoppage time to lead the Red Stars to a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dash in their season opener last week.
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Christian Ramos scored that second goal against New Zealand, collecting a loose ball following a corner kick.
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First Known Use of corner kick
1882
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Definition of corner kick for English Language Learners
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soccer : a free kick from the corner of the field near the opponent's goal
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