[ noun ] (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse) <noun.location>
midfield \midfield\ n. (sport) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse); as, he ran the kickoff back to midfield. [WordNet 1.5]
Lee McAllister's taped announcement began running when the new midfield terminal opened in 1980. "People immediately wanted to know who the voice was, and I made sure word got around," she said.
Competent midfield performances from assets like US greyhound racing and Wembley stadium itself were cruelly undermined by the early own-goal of taking on debt for expansion.
His team may not surprise opponents, but a tight defence and a smothering midfield means that he is not going to get any nasty shocks, either.
Yet every time he played, Hoddle knew the 'tough' men would kick him - but he still played his way: holding the ball in midfield, creating a little time and a little space until the right pass was available.
But where Matthaus often seems loathe to appear eye-catching or spectacular, Schuster has the manner of the classic midfield general.
You wait for 10 years for a world class midfield man, then three pass at once.
Both were sunk by their inability to construct creative moves in midfield.
He is joined in midfield by rising star Mustafa Hajji (23), who plays for Nancy in the French second division. Experience is represented by Mustafa al-Haddaoui (Angers), the sole survivor of the 1986 World Cup squad.
She said lower court rulings in favor of Ms. Hopkins were like a football game in which one side wins without even crossing midfield.
The career of Lazio and England footballer Paul Gascoigne, left, could be in jeopardy after the midfield player broke his right leg in two places in a tackle during training.
Paul Ince, Roy Keane and the ageing Bryan Robson, United's international midfield trio, were outplayed by their Turkish counterparts.