need help with english socer terms

Take a free kick is what i use.

Take a throw in. Throw the ball in. Throw it in.

Either end line or byline is acceptable. In the US, some people might call it the goal line.

"fancy, elegant, with a lot of passes"

"Build-up" is good.[/B][/QUOTE]

Gaffe. Blunder. Mess-up. Goof.

 

If they miss an easy chance people often say,"he missed a sitter!"

 

Enrico, if a guy makes a mistake, like say Christian Vieri's miss in they dying minutes of regualtion against Korea,

we would say in English "Oh, Vieri sucks balls"

or

"Vieri apparenly likes it in the pooper"

Your Welcome, rishi

 

Enrico,

I like the term "flowing play."


p.s. Christian Vieri is the only Italy player that showed up for that game ... so pi$$ off to anyone who is going to bad mouth him!

 

It's better to put these into sentences to be clear. For example:
"Cobi is standing over the ball about to take a free kick." (future tense).
"Cobi takes the free kick... it goes wide."
It depends on how it's used.
Saying "the build-up for that goal was great (fantastic)." is common.
Often the word "controls" or "controlled" is used when a pass or throw-in is completed.
"Cobi Jones controls the throw-in from Sasha."
or "settles the ball"..
This could go on all day.

 

For a mistake, theres lots, although suck balls is not very polite. Blunder, error, a bonehead play, list goes on and on.

take a free kick, put the ball in play,

throw in, toss in, heaves the ball in

end line is goal line, or use americal foot ball term the end zone

fancy passes could say: with precision and grace smeeko send the ball to john
with a nice touch john launches the ball to the goal

build & set up are good, create you can use or john was the architect of a faboulus

 

yeah, tim hankinson

 

Re: A few more, please

 

Re: A few more, please

- how do you say when talking about the different "sections" of a team: like defense, attack?
For examples: "the different (parts?) of the team are not playing well together tonight"
Units? I'm not sure.

-Can the visiting team be referred to as: "the away side" or "guests" or "visitors"?
Yes

- is "maneuvering" OK talking about moving up the field?
I think so, if you're talking about one player dribbling through the defense. I could be wrong, of course.

-is "play at grass level" ok? Or is there a slang for that?
Do you mean that there aren't many high balls? "Play on the ground" is used often.

-"clearing play" can it be a play done to clear the area from a sudden attack?
The kick itself is called a "clearance". A defender "clears" the ball.

-"Team A is playing the central part of the field". Is that OK, or how else can the midfield be referenced as?
"Middle of the field/park/pitch" or "center of the field/park/pitch" would be better.

 

1. Defense, attack is OK. I think we often call out the positions, like strikers, midfield, fullbacks.

2. Play at grass level is OK but I haven't heard it used. We say "playing to the feet" I think.

3. We often say middle third of the field. We divide the field up into thirds. I forget exactly what we call the other two, perhaps defending third and attacking third.

 

I sometimes enjoy using the term "Dangalicious" to refer to one with mad skill as such.

 

Hi, Enrico. I'm an editor and I also happen to live in Colorado. If you want somebody to give your translation a final check when you're done, I'd be happy to help---presuming you're only doing an article or a chapter. I edit a lot of articles by writers who aren't native speakers of English.

As for online dictionaries, try searching at www.google.com. I just did a quick search, and this one looks like it might be at least sort of helpful.

Best of luck!

 

Enrico,

I'm from England, so I may have some different terms, but anyway, here goes:

- do you say: "kick a free-kick"? what's a better verb for that? "take"?
Take a free-kick is fine.

- how about a "throw-in"? Complete a throw-in? Once more, you "take" a throw-in.

- is the "end-line" the line at the end of the field or is known with another term? Can be called the goal-line or the dead-ball line

- how do you refer to a play that is "fancy, elegant with a lot of passes"?
Flowing play is a good one

- is "building/setup of a play (action)" a good slang for soccer?
"build-up" is the term usually used in England

- is there a good slang term for "incredible mistake"?
There are many of these depending on the situation:
1. Any general mistake can be termed "a howler".
2. Missing a good chance can be termed as "he missed a sitter" as said above. However, I personally like " he couldn't hit a donkey's arse with a banjo".

- how do you say when talking about the different "sections" of a team: like defense, attack?
For examples: "the different (parts?) of the team are not playing well together tonight"
defence, midfield and attack.

-Can the visiting team be referred to as: "the away side" or "guests" or "visitors"?
"The away side" is most common. "The visiting team" is also used al lot.

- is "maneuvering" OK talking about moving up the field? I'm not quite sure what you mean.
If you mean a player running with the ball, you can say just that, or "dribbling" is fine too.
If you mean the whole team moving up the field, the team is usually said to be "pushing up".

-is "play at grass level" ok? Or is there a slang for that?"playing on the floor" or "playing on the deck"

-"clearing play" can it be a play done to clear the area from a sudden attack? "clear(ing) the ball"

-"Team A is playing the central part of the field". Is that OK, or how else can the midfield be referenced as? Referring to it as the midfield is fine as in "Team A have the ball in the midfield"

If you want some fun slang terms, follow the link to learn "Ronglish". These are terms popularised by Ron Atkinson, a famous former manager in England who is now a TV commentator.
http://www.dangerhere.com/ronglish/
There is some great stuff here, things like "Hollywood ball" are fairly self-explanatory, but "Little eyebrows", "Curly finger" and "Amusement arcade" need a bit of explaining.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/football/jargon_guide/html/default.stm#z

should help!

also clearing say "get it out in a hurry" bats the bad to the other side of the field"

 

Re: Great Help

I think in most cases they just use "yellow card," "Booking," or "Caution." In Example: the Referee is going to show him a Yellow card ... the Referee is "Booking" him for that challenge.

If it is a direct Red Card they tend to use the phrase: Straight Red Card. In Example: That'll be a straight Red Card to Marquez for his challenge on Jones.

Good Luck ... glad to see the Donkeys are still flying!

 

Re: Great Help

Wall is correct.

Yes, as in "Roberto Carlos makes a run up the left flank" or "They are attacking up the flanks."

Also for mistakes, when a goalkeeper goofs up mightily and allows a really bad goal, it's sometime referred to as a "howler".

 

Are you translating into American english or British English?

Because the terms are different depending on which you use.

You might have even noticed the different advice and spellings in the responses posted here.

A couple of examples,
Brit: Flank
American: Side

Brit: Defence
American: Defense

It may be a minor difference, but it case it's important in any way, I wanted you to know

 

For cards, they often use the verb "to issue." During the game, the man on the P.A. will announce, "A yellow card has been issued to number 7, John Spencer, of the Colorado Rapids."

 

I think those would be "to make a back-heel pass" and "to do a bicycle kick." You might want to wait for a second opinion though.

 

I'm guessing you hear that a lot?

Sean