corner kick
noun
: 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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Following a recurring trend, the Rapids again had double-digit corner kicks (10), but couldn’t convert.
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 5 July 2025
Surridge scored again in the 51st minute, this time slipping in at the back post to ensure Daniel Lovitz’s header off a Hany Mukhtar corner kick made it into the net.
—Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
From the commencing corner kick, Flamengo managed to equalise through Bruno Henrique, before Danilo gave them the lead three minutes later from another dead-ball situation.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 21 June 2025
On a corner kick by Penn, the Wildcats attempted to clear the ball out of a crowd in the crease.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 5 July 2025
Surridge scored again in the 51st minute, this time slipping in at the back post to ensure Daniel Lovitz’s header off a Hany Mukhtar corner kick made it into the net.
—Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
From the commencing corner kick, Flamengo managed to equalise through Bruno Henrique, before Danilo gave them the lead three minutes later from another dead-ball situation.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 21 June 2025
On a corner kick by Penn, the Wildcats attempted to clear the ball out of a crowd in the crease.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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“Corner kick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner%20kick. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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