midfield

noun

mid·​field ˈmid-ˌfēld 

ˌmid-ˈfēld

1

: the middle portion of a field

especially : the portion of a playing field (as in football) that is midway between goals

2

: the players on a team (as in lacrosse or soccer) that normally play in the midfield

Examples of midfield in a Sentence

The team captains shook hands at midfield.

The ball went out of bounds near midfield.

They have a talented midfield this year.

Recent Examples on the Web

Chelsea have become a terrible team without the ball, their disjointed attacking press compounded by a startlingly porous midfield and defenders prone to fairly frequent individual errors. —Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 May 2026

The midfield team has also made clear progress and may well trouble the top four a lot more this year. —Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026

Boise forward Thomas Amang won possession in midfield and carried the ball down the center of the park before laying off a pass to fellow midfielder Nick Moon. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2026

The second half started beautifully: Justice Haynes had a thunderous 24-yard run across midfield. —Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 18 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for midfield

• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield
• downfield
• goldfield
• hayfield