goalmouth
noun
goal·mouth
ˈgōl-ˌmau̇th 
: the area directly in front of the goal (as in soccer or hockey)
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Nine bodies crammed in the goalmouth in various positions when the whistle blew.
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Takaoka pushed the rebound right to Hollingshead, however, and this time the LAFC defender didn’t miss, putting a low, left-footed shot across the goalmouth and just over the line.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
The goal had come seemingly out of nothing: Spain was calmly working the ball around the back, maneuvering out of some pressure, when goalkeeper Sandra Paños collected it in her goalmouth and fired a clearing ball directly into Germany forward Klara Bühl’s midsection.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Maouloune Goumballe got loose behind the defense on the right side of the box, and as goalkeeper Andreas Nota came out to challenge, the sophomore slotted the ball across the goalmouth with senior Thomas Warr racing in to blast the ball into the net to make it 2-0 in the 58th minute.
—Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2021
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Takaoka pushed the rebound right to Hollingshead, however, and this time the LAFC defender didn’t miss, putting a low, left-footed shot across the goalmouth and just over the line.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
The goal had come seemingly out of nothing: Spain was calmly working the ball around the back, maneuvering out of some pressure, when goalkeeper Sandra Paños collected it in her goalmouth and fired a clearing ball directly into Germany forward Klara Bühl’s midsection.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Maouloune Goumballe got loose behind the defense on the right side of the box, and as goalkeeper Andreas Nota came out to challenge, the sophomore slotted the ball across the goalmouth with senior Thomas Warr racing in to blast the ball into the net to make it 2-0 in the 58th minute.
—Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2021
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“Goalmouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goalmouth. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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