When a point is scored in some sports

noun

1. The end toward which effort is directed aim

   "The goal is high-speed rail travel."

2. An area or object toward which players in various games attempt to advance a ball or puck and usually through or into which it must go to score points
3. The act or action of causing a ball or puck to go through or into such a goal
4. The score resulting from such an act
5. The terminal point of a race
6. An area to be reached safely in children's games

noun

1. A free kick in soccer awarded to a defensive player when the ball is driven out of bounds over the end line by an opposing player

noun

1. A line at either end and usually running the width of a playing area on which a goal or goalpost is situated

noun

1. A score of three points in football made by drop-kicking or placekicking the ball over the crossbar from ordinary play
2. A goal in basketball made while the ball is in play

noun

1. A goal that is made by dropping the ball to the ground and kicking it as it begins to bounce back up

noun

1. A goal scored at the very end of a game

noun

1. A goal in soccer, hockey, etc., that a player accidentally scores against his or her own team
2. Something that one does thinking it will help him or her but that actually causes one harm

   "The workers scored an own goal by demanding such high wages that no one could afford to employ them."

noun

1. A goal that is involved in or secondary to achieving a larger goal

   "… it would probably also be a mistake to make robots in which subgoals would interfere with the main goals."