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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Anders Dreyer fired off a shot in the 81st minute that Callender saved just before the goal line — the second time the Loons net-minder denied Dreyer in such fashion.
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Julian Hall, 18, set up Mehmeti for the equalizer, finding space near the goal line and putting the ball into the perfect spot.
—CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
After Darnell Nurse’s point shot through traffic banked off Forsberg and through him, Ceci dove to the ice, beating Curtis Lazar to the rebound and sweeping the puck off the goal line.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
His shot from outside the area was parried by goalkeeper Jonathan Bond but trickled across the goal line to give the Rapids a 3-1 lead in the 53rd.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Julian Hall, 18, set up Mehmeti for the equalizer, finding space near the goal line and putting the ball into the perfect spot.
—CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
After Darnell Nurse’s point shot through traffic banked off Forsberg and through him, Ceci dove to the ice, beating Curtis Lazar to the rebound and sweeping the puck off the goal line.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
His shot from outside the area was parried by goalkeeper Jonathan Bond but trickled across the goal line to give the Rapids a 3-1 lead in the 53rd.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Goal line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goal%20line. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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