keep goal

keep goal — idiom

1. to play as the goalkeeper in a soccer, hockey, or handball match by standing in

1.慣用語B1
釋義

to play as the goalkeeper in a soccer, hockey, or handball match by standing in front of your team's goal and stopping the ball or puck from going into it.

例句

Hoa has kept goal for the national team since she was eighteen years old.

keep goal + for + team

With their regular goalkeeper injured, Felipe had to keep goal in the cup final.

keep goal + in + match/competition

同義詞
  • play in goal

    more general, can describe any goalkeeper's actions during a match

  • tend the goal

    less common; used mainly in formal sports reporting

文法句型

keep + goal

keep goal + for + team

用法筆記

This phrase is used in team sports such as soccer, hockey, handball, and water polo. The verb part ('keep') can be inflected for tense but is not usually used with the definite article before 'goal' — you keep goal, not 'keep the goal'.

常見錯誤

❌He keeps the goal for his school team.
✅He keeps goal for his school team.
💡'keep goal' is a fixed phrase without the definite article 'the'.