own goal

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   (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending

   “the own goal cost them the game”

   Broadergoal

   soccer

Questions about own goal

What does own goal mean?

own goal means "(soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending".

Is own goal a common word?

own goal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.