Soccer (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Round object used in games (4)
  2. 3. Boot-shaped country in Europe famous for pasta (5)
  3. 4. A forward on a soccer team (7)
  4. 11. European country famous for the Eiffel Tower (6)
  5. 12. The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (7)
  6. 13. North American republic containing 50 ___ - 48 conterminous ___ in North America plus Alaska (12)
  7. 14. A soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a ___ (8)

Down

  1. 1. Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (4)
  2. 2. Largest country in South America (6)
  3. 5. Country in the UK whose capital is London (7)
  4. 6. The team that has the ball and is trying to score (7)
  5. 7. The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal (6)
  6. 8. Sport where players kick a ball into a net without using their hands (6)
  7. 9. The middle part of a playing field (8)
  8. 10. United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world (8)