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indirect free kick

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noun

Soccer.

  1. a free kick from which a goal cannot be scored until after the ball has been touched by at least one player other than the kicker.

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Reyna got his second goal from an indirect free kick 10 yards out, awarded when Opoku sat on the ball.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

A late header by Renard from an indirect free kick was the lone goal in the final outing for Les Bleues in 2019.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Francisco Javi Garcia takes the indirect free kick.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2012

The award of the indirect free kick under those circumstances is very, very rare.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2012

Beaulieu; and the Terrapins survived a highly unusual indirect free kick from the six-yard box in the 88th minute.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2011

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