Definition of penalty box
: an area alongside an ice hockey rink to which penalized players are confined for the duration of their penalty
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Jumping on a weak clearance by DaMarcus Beasley, midfielder Samuel Piette found Vargas in tight coverage at the edge of the penalty box.
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The Caps won despite having two players in the penalty box for a harrowing stretch in the third period.
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Imagine a scenario where the ball is out with a player for corner kick and a player hauls off and strikes a player in the penalty box, wouldn’t that be a penalty kick?
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The third time, Malkin retaliated, which sent both him and his aggressor, Brandon Manning, to the penalty box for roughing.
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Rapinoe followed with a booming right kick just outside the penalty box in the 39th minute for a 2-0 lead.
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Bolanos fired a shot from outside the penalty box that deflected off Monterrey’s Jose Basanta.
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San Jose scored while Merrill was in the penalty box.
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Based on research of the English Premier League, Osorio says, more than 50 percent of the crosses that result in a goal come from a 10-by-14-meter zone coming out from either far corner of the penalty box.
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First Known Use of penalty box
1914
PENALTY BOX Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of penalty box for English Language Learners
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: the area beside an ice hockey rink where a player who has been given a penalty sits for a certain amount of time
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