It's guarded in soccer (4)

I believe the answer is:

shin

(Other definitions for shin that I've seen before include "Cut of beef; part of leg" , "Leg-bone" , "Front end of the tibia" , "Lower foreleg" , "Climb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

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