goal area

noun

1. soccer a rectangular area to the sides and front of the goal, measuring 20 × 6 yards on a full-sized pitch, from which goal kicks are taken Also calledsix-yard area

Example Sentences

“It was an intense game and a very strategic game. We lost because of a mistake we made in the goal area, with the penalty.”

From Seattle Times

“It was an intense game and a very strategic game. We lost because of a mistake we made in the goal area, with the penalty.”

From Washington Times

Some years ago we trained bumblebees to roll tiny balls to a goal area to obtain a nectar reward—a form of object manipulation equivalent to human usage of a coin in a vending machine.

From Scientific American

Whyatt remembers the team playing on pitches like "ploughed fields" and having to "brush water and mud out of the goal area to be able to play" during some matches.

From BBC

Meanwhile, Gareth Bale, with five goals in his previous five appearances for Wales, came through after Dan James won a free kick on the edge of the goal area.

From Washington Post