What are assists in football?

Answer 1

an assist is any player that passes the ball via his feet, head, chest to the scoring player, resulting in a goal for the shooting player and an assist for the passing player.

Answer 2

when another player makes a pass to the player who scores so pretty much just sets up the goal for them....assists them in scoring.

Answer 3

its when a player passes the ball to another player who scores of that pass

Answer 4

It is when a player directly passes, or crosses a ball to the goal scorer. However for some own goals can be assisted