own goal

/oʊn goʊl/
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Other forms: own goals

Definitions of own goal
  1. noun
    (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending
    “the own goal cost them the game”
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    type of:
    goal
    a successful attempt at scoring
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