Soccer Defender Who Protects Their Own Goal

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Cartography, Group 2278, Puzzle 5 (Mapmaking Discipline).

Question is: Soccer Defender Who Protects Their Own Goal

and the answer is: FULLBACK

Word Meaning:

FULLBACK — (American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.

Definitions from Wiktionary.