winning goal
Match-ending score
The winning goal is the score that gives a team victory—either the only goal in a match or the one that breaks a tie and holds through the final whistle.
In sports commentary, it identifies which goal ultimately decided the outcome: She scored the winning goal in overtime.
The term applies mainly in soccer, hockey, and similar goal-based sports.
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- strikerOne who hits targets
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- netFinal amount remaining
- stoppage timeExtra period compensating delays
injury time · dying seconds · clincher · header · volley · screamer · back of the net · overtime · final whistle · final score · match point · triumph · roar · fist pump · glory · shootout · penalty · comeback
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf
- scoringpoints, score, runs, assist, touchdowns
- tiebreakerssudden death, penalty shootout, overtime, tiebreak, extra innings
- Shootoutspenalty shootout, gunfight, firefight, gun battle, duel