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goalkeeping

goalkeeping

1 3.0
Playing as the player who guards the goal and stops shots in games like soccer
  • noun
  • /ˈɡoʊlˌkiːpɪŋ/
translation icon : portería
  • It's not immediately clear what a goalkeeping toilet has to do with preserving the environment, but the collaboration certainly highlights Japan's dominance in toilet technology.
  • Strengths: goalkeeping

So I feel from a bit where I'm concerned for Ramsdale is that the goalkeeping coach was with him rare at Brentford, Spanish.

Examples

  • Defensive frailties and goalkeeping controversies as to whether Hugo Lloris should be the first-choice keeper or not had definitely put Spurs on the back foot for most of the new season.

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  • (What'd you think of RSL's goalkeeping performance?)

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  • 7) Assess the goalkeeping situation.

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  • These were the circumstances of the 2012 season that surrounded and likely influenced much of our impressions of the goalkeeping situation.

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  • It's just Celtic's day, but not taking away credit from them for their disciplined defense and good goalkeeping.

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  • So I feel from a bit where I'm concerned for Ramsdale is that the goalkeeping coach was with him rare at Brentford, Spanish.

    Rio Ferdinand Presents

  • Rochester has most of its key playmakers back, and let's not forget its slow start last year was due, in part, to poor goalkeeping.

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  • He made two saves of sure goals and single-handedly preserved the U.S. win with world-class goalkeeping.

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  • But if you take into account five missed penalties, 15 shots against the woodwork, a corner count higher than any other in the Premier League, a number of world-class goalkeeping performances again, and lack of luck, then you get the picture that the league table doesn't quite reflect the progress that has been made on the pitch.

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  • The goalkeeper's skill in goalkeeping helped his team secure the championship.

Synonyms

goaltending
vsgoalkeeping
2 3.8

Stopping shots to protect the goal in sports like hockey or soccer

has identical meaning but uses an alternative term for the same role

Surface Forms

goalkeeping singular
goalkeepings plural

Morphology

goalkeeping = goal + keeping (transparent) = goal + keep + ing

The compound directly names the activity of keeping the goal, so the meaning is recoverable from the parts.

Etymology

Goalkeeping comes from goal 'a target or the net to protect' and keep 'to hold or guard'. Think of a keeper like a zookeeper who looks after animals, so goalkeeping means the skill of protecting the goal in a game.