Ball carried by soccer team employed in targeted manner (7)
I believe the answer is:
focused
'in targeted manner' is the definition.
(focussing on a particular goal)
'ball carried by soccer team employed' is the wordplay.
'ball' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a ball).
'carried by' is an insertion indicator.
'soccer team' becomes 'fc' (football club).
'employed' becomes 'used' ('use' can be a synonym of 'employ').
'o' put within 'fc' is 'foc'.
'foc'+'used'='FOCUSED'
(Other definitions for focused that I've seen before include "(Of light) brought to a point" , "not easily diverted" , "Concentrated on - like camera" .)