Goal Line

In many outdoor ball sports, goal line refers to the line which a team is attempting to advance the ball or puck towards. In particular, see

  • Association football pitch for usage of the term in soccer
  • ESPN Goal Line, television show that gives live looks at multiple college football games
  • Goal line (American football) for usage in American and Canadian football
  • Goal line (ice hockey) for usage in ice hockey.
  • Goal line, for usage in rugby league football, also called try-line


Famous quotes containing the words goal and/or line:

    “The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.”
    —June Jordan (b. 1939)

    “A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.”
    —Norman Mailer (b. 1923)