Facsimile that makes the soccer people cross (3)
I believe the answer is:
fax
'facsimile' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'the soccer people cross' is the wordplay.
'the soccer people' becomes 'fa' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cross' becomes 'x' (X is cross-shaped).
'fa'+'x'='FAX'
'that makes' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fax that I've seen before include "Transmit document" , "Modern method of transmitting printed matter by phone" , "Transmission of exact copies of documents electronically" , "Electronic transmission" , "Means of communication" .)