That would be the midfield.
The opposite of defense (to defend a position) is offense(to attack).
An antonym for defense is offense.
By position, offense vs defense, coaching, etc.
Offense usually Attack and score goals, Defense are constantly defending and saving goals and preventing any lethal Attacks from the opposition.
The position that runs the most is typically the midfielder because they play both offense and defense and are therefore required to run to both ends of the field, whereas offense and defense mainly remain in the same general area for most of the game.
offense wins battles, defense wins games
defense is as important as offence. defense is your first offense.
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Defense or a defender helps the goalie put incase the goalie can not get the ball.the defense posistion in soccer is supposed to keep the other team from scoring. when the defense gets the ball, their job is to get it up to the offense
On the field of play during a game there are 11 players on both offense and defense. On a team, where the active roster consists of 45 players, there is usually a breakdown of 21 or 22 players on both offense and defense. Two of the 45 players on the active roster are kickers (punter and placekicker) so that leaves 43 players to breakdown between offense and defense.