Role
Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.
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- Recent years have seen the evolution of the 'sweeper Keeper', when particularly technically adept goalkeepers come out of their box to take the role of a traditional sweeper and get play moving again.
Source: Useful Notes / Footy Rules - Pokémon, especially in earlier generations, has a metagame role called the "Sweeper".
Source: Rocket Tag Gameplay - The sweeper was a central defensive role (often with two other central defenders in front of him) meant to cover situations where the opposition would fire the ball over the head of the defense to chase.
Source: Metagame
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