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Goalkeeper

[ˈɡoʊlkiːpər]

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Whenever I think about the word goalkeeper, I think of watching soccer and the goalkeeper getting hit in the face or body with the soccer ball. How do they take the pain!

G-O-A-L-K-E-E-P-E-R.Goalkeeper. [ɡoʊlkiːpər]

Goalkeeper is the formal word for a goalie. Most of the time you will hear goalie during games or casual conversation.

A goalkeeper is a player that has to make sure the other team doesn't score.

Usually, the sports that have a goalkeeper are soccer and hockey ! You're probably wondering "how am I going to remember this!"

I will break down the word for you a little bit since you're here. So, the first part of the word is goal.

G-O-A-L which is the area that the team is trying to kick the ball into. A goal helps the team score points.

Then the second-word K-E-E-P-E-R. Keeper. Which is a person responsible for keeping something safe.

So it's a simple words, a goalkeeper is there to keep the goal safe!

Here, let us look at some example sentence:

Example 1:

I don't like being the goalkeeper because I can never stop the other team from scoring.

Example 2:

I can't be the goalkeeper. I’m too slow.

Example 3:

This goalkeeper sucks! Kick him off the team!

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