midfield

noun

mid·​field ˈmid-ˌfēld 

ˌmid-ˈfēld

1

: the middle portion of a field

especially : the portion of a playing field (as in football) that is midway between goals

2

: the players on a team (as in lacrosse or soccer) that normally play in the midfield

Examples of midfield in a Sentence

The team captains shook hands at midfield.

The ball went out of bounds near midfield.

They have a talented midfield this year.

Recent Examples on the Web

Now 19, Vargas starts regularly in Schmetzer’s midfield and has already amassed 105 appearances for the Sounders in all competitions, including a 63-minute shift in the second leg of the 2022 Concacaf Champions League final. —Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 8 June 2025

Messi was active all night, dropping back into the midfield, and providing perfect passes to his teammates. —Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 June 2025

The duo has quickly developed a bond in the midfield. —Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025

His goal was straight out of a video game: Take the ball at midfield, dribble past a pair of defenders and tuck it into the far-post netting against one of the better MLS keepers of this generation. —Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 29 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for midfield

• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield
• downfield
• goldfield
• hayfield