equalizer
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- noun
- /ˈiːkwəˌlaɪzər/
- US
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gol del empate
- The team managed to score an equalizer just before the final whistle, tying the game 2-2.
- to score an equalizer
- a late equalizer
But yeah, then when we, when we scored equaliser Eddin, I honestly didn't know it was that late.
- But yeah, then when we, when we scored equaliser Eddin, I honestly didn't know it was that late.
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They were just inches away from an equalizer in the 25th minute, with Tom Cleverley going close.
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Salt Lake, fueled by a raucous home crowd of 19,657 at Rio Tinto Stadium, pressed hard for an equalizer.
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Higginson with the free kick, looking for an equalizer.
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The Tigers' 2-1 lead held for only five more minutes before Hardin-Simmons was able to knock in an equalizer.
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Los Merengues amped up their efforts to find an equalizer in the closing minutes, but never came terribly close.
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Marquette got an equalizer as the first half drew to a close and tacked on two second-half goals to roll past Princeton.
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Michael Farfan found Bravo eight minutes later for the equalizer, but Jack McInerney almost equalized himself in the 60th minute.
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With the Tuckers pushing up desperate for an equalizer, the Bulldogs snuck in another goal with 3:00 left to clinch the victory.
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F. Jacob Lagace hammered in a centering feed from behind the net from F. Tyler Brenner to get the equalizer.
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The ball wound up at Diskerud's feet, and he scored the equalizer three minutes into stoppage time to give the Americans a 2-2 tie at Kuban Stadium.
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Etymology
Equalizer comes from equal, which means 'the same'. In sport, an equalizer is a goal that makes the score 'the same' for both teams, so the word matches its use.