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A play which advances a teams position but does not score.
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(soccer) A goal (scored)
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(soccer) A linesman's flag that is equipped with a button that causes a receiver (typically worn by the referee) to buzz, thus warning him of the flag's use.
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(soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
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(soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
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(sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
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(soccer) a free kick from which a goal may be scored directly
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(soccer) A ball struck near ground level by the head of a diving player.
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Alternative spelling of empty-net goal [(ice hockey) A point scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.]
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(ice hockey) An empty-net goal.
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(ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football) A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.
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A form of soccer played indoors, with five players per team.
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(sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
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(soccer) The area of the pitch, extending six yards from the goal, from which a goal kick is taken.
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(ice hockey) an ice hockey official who judges whether pucks enter the net and sits directly behind the goal, triggering a red light and siren when a goal is scored.
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(derogatory ice hockey slang) A player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.
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(attributive) goal line
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(in combination) A person who has scored a specified number of goals.
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(sports) The structure of the goal, generally consisting of two goalposts and a crossbar.
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(ice hockey, colloquialism) To act as a goalie, to tend the goals, to mind the net.
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(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.
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(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
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(sports) One who kicks goals.
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(sports) The space between the goalposts through which the ball, puck, etc has to pass in order to score
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(sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
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(soccer, sometimes attributive) The scoring of goals.
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(ice hockey) The activity of a goaltender.
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(Canada and US, ice hockey) The triple achievement of a goal, an assist for a goal, and participation in a fight, within a single game.
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(soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.
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(soccer) To score a goal.
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(soccer) goalscorer, someone who scores goals.
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(lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
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(soccer) a free kick from which a goal may be scored only after the ball has been played by at least one other player
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(Britain) A terrace at a football ground, originally for standing spectators, though all-seater stadia have been mandatory for larger UK clubs since 1994.
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(sports) A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
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(soccer, idiomatic) The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made.
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(soccer) The prohibition of teammates closer to the opponents' goal than the person kicking or throwing the ball unless there are three opponents at least as close to their goal line.
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(soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
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(soccer) The penalty area.
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(soccer) a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken
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(soccer, field hockey) A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.
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(lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
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(soccer) Any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff.
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(soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.
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Alternative form of six-pointer [(soccer) A match between two teams on a similar number of points (in a league using the three points for a win system), such that the difference between a side winning and losing the match is a six-point swing relative to their opponents.]
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(soccer, US, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) One who plays soccer, especially professional soccer.
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(Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.
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(soccer) An appearance in a match from the kick-off.
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(slang, soccer) Goalkeeper.
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(sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.
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(sports) Not conceding many goals.
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(soccer) A style of play characterised by short passing and movement, working the ball through various channels, and maintaining possession.
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(soccer) Using both feet.
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(sports, informal) An excellent goal.
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