goal line
noun
: a line at either end and usually running the width of a playing area on which a goal or goalpost is situated
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There was some lousy puck luck that cost the Wild a power-play goal when Kaprizov’s tip at the net front slipped under Chicago goalie Spencer Knight, but the puck came to rest on — but not over — the goal line.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
Mwanish was rewarded with three straight rushes, breaking past the goal line for a 16-yard score to extend the lead to 14-0 with two-and-a-half minutes to play in the opening quarter.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Purdy scrambled up the pocket, and rather than run into the red zone or pass to an open Kittle a few yards in front of him, the pass went deeper over the middle toward Ricky Pearsall at the goal line, only for Mike Jackson to cut in front and intercept it.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Right back Ian Pilcher’s save and clearance near the goal line, in the 48th minute, may have been SDFC’s top defensive play of the year.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
Mwanish was rewarded with three straight rushes, breaking past the goal line for a 16-yard score to extend the lead to 14-0 with two-and-a-half minutes to play in the opening quarter.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Purdy scrambled up the pocket, and rather than run into the red zone or pass to an open Kittle a few yards in front of him, the pass went deeper over the middle toward Ricky Pearsall at the goal line, only for Mike Jackson to cut in front and intercept it.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Right back Ian Pilcher’s save and clearance near the goal line, in the 48th minute, may have been SDFC’s top defensive play of the year.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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