goalbound

English

Etymology

goal +‎ bound

Adjective

goalbound (not comparable)

1. (soccer) Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.
   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Liverpool did have one moment of danger in the first half when Chelsea failed to clear Glen Johnson's cross and Branislav Ivanovic blocked Craig Bellamy's goalbound shot.