As a Noun: 1. In soccer and similar ball games, the space into which the players try to get the ball in order to score a point for their team. It is inside a frame or between two posts. English = goal, goal posts. 2. In soccer, an instance in which a player succeeds in getting the ball into the goal, and the point they score by doing this. English = goal. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To score a point by succeeding in getting the ball into the goal in a game of soccer or any similar game.