How to Use half-space in a Sentence

half-space

noun
  • Dante Sealy curled a free kick from the right half-space into the top right corner to tie the match at 1-1.
    — Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
  • His shooting from distance, particularly from the left half-space, is a valuable asset that United teams can build around.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • Cunha is most dangerous when roaming the left half-space, but his tendency to cut inside and attack central areas can leave his team underpowered out wide.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • More than one United player has attempted to slip the ball through the left half-space into Cunha’s feet, but there have been teething issues and snatched chances in and around the box.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Fulham have been using their wide threat to put Harry Wilson in his favourite shooting situation around the right half-space.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • SkillCorner defines a pulling-wide run as a movement that starts in the centre or half-space and ends in the wide channel, finishing nearer the sideline than the player in possession.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Evra was an ultra-offensive full-back who routinely burst into half-spaces, so tracking him better than the 2007-08 team (as seen below) would be essential.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Under Carrick in particular, Fernandes has regularly got himself into the right half-spaces to deliver crosses.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The proliferation of teams dominating possession and half-spaces led to managers and head coaches leaning into man-to-man marking involving physical, dynamic players.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Cucurella dovetailed excellently with Baena to ensure that either one of the pair was positioned in the left channel (white) or left half-space (red) to occupy Saudi Arabia’s back line.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Here, in the 3-0 defeat of Wolves in November, Ryan Sessegnon is positioned in the left half-space as Fulham attack the visitors’ defensive line with five players.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Cunha thrives in the left half-space, and his goal at the Emirates was aided by Benjamin Sesko making a clever off-ball run that pinned back both of Arsenal’s centre-backs, giving Cunha further time and space to unleash his shot.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Martinez was fundamental in boosting Barca’s ball circulation down the left of their attack, usually in tandem with Alejandro Balde and Raphinha, as well as punching the ball into midfield in the left half-space.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
  • By dropping Zubimendi or Rice between the centre-backs, building the attack in a back three, and stretching Wirtz and Szoboszlai, Arsenal managed to create space for Saliba in the right half-space.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Over 2023-24 and 2024-25, Vinicius Jr’s distribution from the left side half-spaces significantly improved.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • To maintain width on the opposite side, the right-sided attacking midfielder, Riley McGree, drifts out to the touchline, while the two remaining attacking midfielders move inside to occupy the left and right half-spaces as narrow No 10s.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The Norway centre-forward is comfortable receiving the ball outside of the penalty area and linking with his team-mates, especially in the right half-space, as illustrated below in the heatmap of open-play passes received in the 2024-25 Premier League.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • From there, the wide combinations or the individual quality of Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard and Noni Madueke is Arsenal’s main method of creating chances in open play, especially from the right half-space.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026

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