goal attempt

collocation in English

meaningsofgoalandattempt

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goal
noun[C]
uk
/ɡəʊl/us
/ɡoʊl/
an area on a playing field, that usually has two posts with a net fixed behind them, where players try to send the ball in order to score in sports such as football ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk
/əˈtempt/us
/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofgoalandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The try scoring side is given the chance to score two additional points by kicking a conversion similar to a penaltygoalattempt.
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The player making the mark would presumably have considered a dropgoalattemptless likely to succeed than goal from the mark.
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If the dropgoalattemptis successful, play stops and the non-scoring team (the scoring team in rugby union sevens) restarts play with a kick from the centre spot.
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With the field judge, he rules whether field goal attempts are successful.
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He made 19 of 37 field goal attempts and 27 out of 27 extra points.
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She ranked fifth all time in the league with 4,456 field goal attempts.
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As a kicker, he converted 10-of-13 field goal attempts and was a perfect 4-for-4 on attempts of 40 yards or longer.
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Both were responsible for changes in rules regarding returning field goal attempts.
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His 70 completed field goals and 88 field goal attempts are both team records.
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He missed two field goal attempts during the game, which brought his season total to 8 misses.
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She ranked fourth in the league with 460 field goal attempts.
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He enjoyed his finest season statistically in 1998, converting 23 of 27 field goal attempts for a career-best and franchise-record percentage of.852.
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She ranked eighth in the league with 406 field goal attempts.
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For the 1991 and 1992 seasons, this meant potentially severe angles for short field goal attempts, since the hashmarks were still located 53ft 4 apart.
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He was one of only two kickers in college to make over 90% of his field goal attempts in 2008.
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