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goalkeeper Definition

goal·keeper (gōlkēp′ər)

noun

in certain games, a player stationed at a goal to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering it

goalkeeper Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • lob: It was a well taken goal as Wijnhard lobbed the goalkeeper after being put through down the center.
  • beat: Keegan's corner was met at the far post by a Cusack header which beat goalkeeper Alan O'Shea.
  • strand: From a penalty corner, Craig Parnham's flick looped up off a defender's stick and over the stranded goalkeeper.
  • defend: Team A move all of their players up to half way line except their defending goalkeeper.
  • oppose: Jonas was once sent off in a FA Cup tie at Millwall in January 1915 for fighting with the opposing goalkeeper.
  • sign: Kenny told me he was signing a goalkeeper which would take up the rest of the playing budget.

Converse of subject

  • save: Alarmingly, the vast majority of the forward's shots went wide or were easily saved by goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown.

Adjective modifier

  • debutant: Paul Taylor struck the kick to the right but Marine's debutant goalkeeper, Mike Stewart, leaped to push the ball away.
  • under-21: Even then the Brazilian still produced two flashes of brilliance, but on both occasions England Under-21 goalkeeper Robinson emphasized his potential.
  • veteran: Southampton have signed veteran goalkeeper Kevin Miller on a free.
  • Celtic: Contact may have been minimal but the Celtic goalkeeper had invited the penalty.
  • legendary: Legendary goalkeeper Johnny King plays in league game at Center Forward.
  • experienced: Vastly experienced goalkeeper Gavin Ward signed for Tranmere on the 28th June 2006, on a one-year contract.

Modifies a noun

  • coach: Dario had lined Ward up as a player / goalkeeper coach but it seems that he wants first team action.

Noun used with modifier

  • substitute: The only ineligible player among the 16 being the substitute goalkeeper Tom Heaton.
  • reserve: Also missing will be reserve goalkeeper Jason Jones, who will be out for a couple of weeks with a sprained ankle.
  • choice: At present Paul would be my first choice goalkeeper.

Possessives

  • jersey: I wore a green goalkeeper's jersey and was the successor to Stan Hanson in the great Bolton Wanderers team of the nineteen fifties.

Preposition: in

  • squad: Of the three goalkeepers in the squad TWO play for northern clubs.

Preposition: from

  • yard: England's World Cup ended with three players - Lampard, Gerrard and Jamie Carragher - failing to beat a goalkeeper from 12 yards.

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