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:

    “It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.”
    —Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

    “A line will take us hours maybe;
    Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought,
    Our stitching and unstitching has been naught.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)