winning goal
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- noun
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- He will always remember the moment he scored the winning goal in the championship game.
- game-winning goal
- scored the winning goal
- winning goal in overtime
That just stops it from being a game-winning goal.
- That just stops it from being a game-winning goal.
Examples
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In the final seconds of the match, she scored the winning goal that led her team to victory.
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SEMO's Jacey Boyko scored the game-winning goal three minutes into overtime, heading in a cross on a run from the left side.
Blog text (10) -
- I scored the winning goal today.
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Who kicked the winning goal?
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I remind myself that I scored the winning goal in the last game of the summer.
Fiction book (2000) -
The guy who scored the winning goal tonight, Billy Duke.
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Yu see me score the winning goal?
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It's a 1-1 game again with six minutes left in the third when they scored the game-winning goal.
Blog text (13) -
Paul Henderson scored the winning goal with thirty-four seconds to go in the final period.
Fiction book (1996) -
Martinez scored the winning goal against Real Salt Lake in Thursday's second leg of a Western Conference semifinal.
Blog text (29)
How Decisive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the goal that secures victory' is directly and transparently derived from 'winning' (being the winner) modifying 'goal' (a point scored); a B1 learner who knows both constituents will infer this interpretation. The adjective+noun composition is a common, regular pattern in English and other languages, so the phrase is predictable and easily understood from its parts.
Etymology
Winning goal is a sports phrase: it names the goal that makes a team win by deciding the match. So, it means 'the goal that wins the game'.