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goalkeeping

American  
[gohl-keep-ing] / ˈgoʊlˌkip ɪŋ /

noun

  1. Sports. (in soccer, hockey, etc.) the activity or skill of preventing the ball or puck from crossing the goal line.


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Jaissle has brought three assistants with him in Alexander Hauser, Engin Yanova and Florens Koch, two coach analysts in Maximilian Fischer and Steffen Konrad and a goalkeeping coach, Alexander Bade.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

A rebuild was always on the cards on Tyneside this summer, not least in the goalkeeping department.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

But moving the other way from Ibrox was Jack Butland to fill the goalkeeping void.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

“There was some talk that our defense and goalkeeping weren’t up to par. But I think we’ve silenced a lot of critics,” Cubarsí said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Somehow or other the Renton Club were never very strong in goalkeeping when the perfect form of their forward division was taken into account, but Mr. J. A. Lindsay was decidedly their best.

From Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches by David Drummond Bone

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