Appendix 1 – Glossary of Soccer terminology including British terms

Aggregate – the overall score from two ormore legs in a matchup

Advantage – term used when a player isfouled but his/her team has a legitimate opportunity to score or advance theball downfield. The foul is not called, or is addressed later, so the team isnot impeded by stopping play

Boots – English term for soccer shoes.Originally, players wore work boots to play

Cap – term used to indicate an appearancein an international match. The player must enter the game to earn a ‘cap’.Originally, a player was awarded a cap for appearing in an international match

Coach – generally refers to technical andassistant coaches, not the head coach who is referred to as the ‘manager’

Cup – A domestic single-eliminationtournament that is played simultaneously during the season. Games are scheduledaccordingly through the year.

FACup – The Football Association Challenge Cup is open to professional andamateur clubs in England and Wales with literally hundreds of clubs competing.The oldest national football tournament in the world.

Carabao(EFL) Cup – The English Football League Cup (also known as Carabao Cup) islimited the top 4 tiers (EPL, Championship, League One, League Two) of theEnglish football pyramid system that compromise the English Football League.

Derby – term used to indicate a matchbetween rival teams within the same town or region. These are often highlyemotional games due to history within the town/region and leads to braggingrights. Similar to cross-town rivals in high school but magnified 100 fold!

Draw – term used for a tie

Dugout – the shelter on the sideline withinwhich the team, trainers, coaches and other personnel sit.

Extra time – not to be confused with‘injury time’ or ‘stoppage time’; is the 30-minute overtime if a game ends in adraw but draws are not permitted. This will be seen in the knockout phase ofthe World Cup. It consists of two 15-minute halves which are played in theirentirety (no sudden death OT). There can be ‘stoppage time’ added to eitherhalf of the extra time. If still tied after extra time, a penalty kick shootout will determine the winner.

FA – Football Association (of England); thegoverning body for soccer in England and is the oldest football association inthe world having been founded in 1863

Fixture – a scheduled match between twoteams with the date, time, and venue

Footie – Informal term used for football inBritain, Ireland, and Australia

Formation – refers to the structure of the10 field players and commonly notated from defense to midfield to forwards(4-4-2 means 4 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 2 forwards)

Friendly – an exhibition match. Was used inS3E6 of Ted Lasso

Gaffer – slang term for the head coach ormanager

Goal line – The line from corner to corneron either short end of the rectangle. Also refers to the same line within thegoal from post to post, with technology used to identify if the ball crossesthe line when it is not clearly in the back of the net (goal line technology)

Injury time – more accurately referred toas ‘stoppage time’; the additional time added by the referee to compensate forinjuries, substitutions, goals, VAR reviews, or general time wasting

International Break – FIFA-mandated breakfrom league play so players may return to their national teams for Tournaments,World Cup qualifiers, and friendlies.

Into Touch – out-of-bounds; when the ballgoes over the touchline (Sideline) and is out of play

Kit – the complete uniform includingjersey, shorts, and socks. Teams will usually have three kits: home, away, andthe ‘third kit’ worn for special games, to give an alternate color to avoidcolor clashing, or simple marketing

Kit Man – the equipment manager; they takecare of game-day gear and training gear, as well as other specific,personalized items players require or desire for performance

League – refers to the group of teams thatwill play regular games through the season. League play is typically a roundrobin home-and-home format. Each team will play every other team in the leaguetwice – once at home and once on the road. Teams in the same league may playnon-league games in other competitions such as the domestic cup or thecontinental cup. League games may end in a draw.

Leg (pertaining to competitions) – one ofthe two matches played between two teams in the knockout phase of certaincompetitions (UEFA Champions League). The teams will play two matches, one ateach respective venue, and the aggregate of goals will determine the winner whomoves on to the next round.

Loan – a temporary transfer of a playerfrom the parent club to another club. The parent club retains the rights to theplayer per the contract. The loan period can be from several weeks to an entireseason.

Manager – the head coach

Normal time – the time within the 45minutes of either half, before stoppage time is added

Offside – An attacking player is in theirattacking half of the field and is closer to the goal line than the second tolast defender when the ball is passed (played) to them.

Onside – An attacking player is even withor in front of (closer to their own defending goal) the second to last defenderwhen the ball is played to them

Physio – short for ‘physiotherapist’,refers to the team’s trainer

Pitch – the field; originates from cricket

Promotion – when a team in a lower tierperforms well enough in the league to move up to the next higher tier. Asidefrom AFC Richmond’s promotion at the end of season 2, Wrexham AFC, owned byRyan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny, has earned 3 promotions in 4 years to movefrom Tier 5 to the second tier (The Championship).

Pyramid (national soccer system) – Thestructure of club soccer, from amateur through semi-professional andprofessional. The lower levels of club soccer consist of amateur clubs andmultiple leagues throughout the country. As the tiers become more competitive(moving up), the number of leagues reduce until reaching the top of the pyramidwhere there is only one league. Generally speaking, the top 3-5 tiers areprofessional, while the middle tiers are semi-professional, and the bottomtiers are amateur.

Pyramid (on-field formation) – the originalformation of field players tended to be two defenders, three midfielders, andfive forwards (and of course one goalkeeper). As football evolved, theformation changed to have 4-5 defenders, 3-4 midfielders and only 1-2 forwards.One of the comprehensive historical textbooks on soccer tactics is called“Inverting the Pyramid”, by Jonathan Wilson.

Relegation – The worst performing (bottom2-3) teams in a league table (standings) move down one tier to the next lowerleague.

Set Piece – when the ball is not in play,the game must restart with the appropriate technique (throw-in, free kick,corner kick, or goal kick). A set piece is a designed play, typically when ateam is in a scoring position, with coordinated movement to maximize theopportunity of the restart into a scoring chance

Sitter – refers to an easy scoringopportunity that a player misses

Table – the standings of teams in a leagueor competition

Tie – often used in reference to a matchupor fixture, rather than the score of a match

Touch Line – the “sideline”; the lineextending along the long end of the rectangle connecting the corners from oneteam’s end of the field to the other

Training - practice

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