Meaning & use
header in soccer
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Meaning
nouncountable
The act of hitting the ball with your head in soccer, often to pass, clear, or score.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a header' or 'headers'. It often follows 'with' or 'by': 'He scored with a header.'
Patterns
- score with a header
- a header from a corner
- win a header
The defender cleared the ball with a powerful header.
She scored the winning goal with a header in the last minute.
His header from the corner went just over the crossbar.
Word forms
| plural | headers in soccer |
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Common combinations
- score with a header
- The striker scored with a header from close range.
- a header from a corner
- The goal came from a header from a corner.
- win a header
- The tall defender won every header in the match.
- a glancing header
- He sent a glancing header into the net.
Commonly confused: header in soccer or head?
header in soccer vs head
'Head' is the body part; 'header' is the act of using it to hit the ball. You do not say 'He scored with a head' in soccer.
Practice
In soccer, what do you call the act of hitting the ball with your head?
Choose one answer.
The correct term is 'a header'. 'A head' refers to the body part, not the action. 'A heading' is not used in soccer for this action; it is used in writing. 'A headshot' is a photograph or a shot to the head, not a soccer term.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “header in soccer”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.