goalkeeper
IPA: gˈoʊɫkipɝ
noun
- (sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
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Examples of "goalkeeper" in Sentences
- Over two and a half seasons for any manager to say that about his goalkeeper is exceptional.
- He's been brought in at some cost to be United's long term goalkeeper so we need to keep a bit of faith in him.
- ` ` When your goalkeeper is hot like that it makes it easy for the rest of us, '' Sharks defenseman Kyle McLaren said.
- The quid pro quo on this should be that the goalkeeper is allowed to punch the (would-have-been-offside) striker in the face.
- The Lightning's goalkeeper is more proven, but Robert Esche has earned plenty of respect for his performance level right now.
- Spurs need a long-term goalkeeper, with Brad Friedel aprroaching 41 years of age, while Chelsea need someone to challenge Petr Cech after his dip in form.
- United's need for a new goalkeeper is regarded as a priority at Old Trafford, with the 39-year-old Van der Sar widely thought to be in the final year of his professional life.
- Half-time: Matt Murray, the retired 29-year-old former Wolves goalkeeper, is saying farewell to his former fans at the interval, with the aid of several former teammates including, yes, Lee Naylor.
- Consider the nationalities involved in those few seconds: Malouda is a Frenchman, Valencia is Ecuadorian, Fletcher is a Scot, Cole an Englishman, and Edwin van der Sar, the beaten goalkeeper, is Dutch.
- They call this keeper 'The Crazy One'The tradition of the madcap Latin American goalkeeper began with Peru's "El Loco", Ramón Quiroga, memorably booked in the opposition half by officious English referee Pat Partridge during the 1978 finals.
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