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An own goal occurs in association football and other goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents.

The term has become a metaphor for any action that backfires upon a person. Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects

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Association football

In association football, when players kick or otherwise cause the ball to go into their own side's goal, it results in a goal being scored for the opposition. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface in which a score is made

An own goal cannot be scored directly from an attacking throw-in or a defending free kick (a corner kick will be awarded to the attacking team if so should happen), and under certain other circumstances (for example, directly from a corner kick, although it is just a theoretical situation). A corner kick is a method of restarting play in a game of Association football. A corner kick is a method of restarting play in a game of Association football.

It doesn't matter if the defending team violates the rules when a goal is scored, so an own goal can be scored with hand. The keeper is not allowed to save the shot with his hands from his own team kicking it. So in order to save the goal he/she must use any part of his/her body except the hands. The keeper touching the ball is causing an offense otherwise when using hands.

The player who does this is personally "credited" with the goal as part of the statistical abstract of the game unless a goal is scored after a shot (by the attacking side) is deflected into the net by a defending player. In that case, officials determine if the original shot was on target. If so, the attacker is awarded the goal, even if the shot would have otherwise been easily saved by the goalkeeper. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Some scorers will give credit to the attacker if the defender's mistake caused the own goal, similar to ice hockey.

Other sports

When they occur in other sports, own goals are not "credited" in the same manner as in football, but instead credited towards the attacker whose attempt forced the defensive error.

Ice hockey

If a goal is scored by a player on the defending team, credit for the goal goes to the last player on the other team to have touched the puck, mainly to the belief that the player credited with the goal had his/her shot deflected. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. A goal in Ice hockey provides a team with one point A goal is scored when a puck completely crosses the goal line within the goal frame Method of scoring A puck is a disk used in various types of games serving the same functions as a ball in ball games Occasionally, it is also credited to the closest player to the goal from the other team. On six occasions in the National Hockey League, players have shot the puck into their own empty net, either late in the game or because of a delayed penalty call, resulting in one of the two ways in which a goalie is credited with a goal. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America A goal in Ice hockey provides a team with one point A goal is scored when a puck completely crosses the goal line within the goal frame Method of scoring This was the situation which resulted in Billy Smith of the New York Islanders as the first netminder receiving credit with a NHL goal scored. William John "Battlin' Billy" Smith (born December 12, 1950, in Perth Ontario) was a professional Ice hockey Goaltender The New York Islanders are a professional Ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America

Basketball

When accidentally scoring at an opposing team's basket (basketball's equivalent of an "own goal"), the goal is credited to an attacking player. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m In NBA and NCAA rules, the goal is credited to the player on the scoring team who is closest to the rim; under FIBA rules, the player designated captain is credited with the basket. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The International Basketball Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA

American and Canadian football

When a ball-carrier is tackled or exits the field of play within the end zone being defended by his team, the result is a safety and the opposing team is awarded two points, and receives the ball after a free kick taken at the twenty-yard line. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling) A safety or safety touch is a type of score in American football and Canadian football and is worth two points (with one very rare exception)

Australian rules football

As a legitimate defensive play, an Australian football defender may concede an "own score. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players " Such a score, referred to as a rushed behind and statistically credited to no player (scoresheets will simply include the tally of rushed behinds), results in the opposition team earning one point.

A defending player will choose to concede a rushed behind when the risk of the opposition scoring a goal (worth six points) is high. The team which concedes the rushed behind then retains possession of the ball, kicking in as normal. In the sport of Australian rules football, a kick-in (sometimes known as a kick-out) occurs when an opposition team scores a Behind, with a defender kicking

It is impossible for a team to concede an "own goal" worth six points. In this way, Australian football separates itself from the other codes in this page, as teams may only score goals from their own efforts in attack, rather than benefiting from an opponent's blunder.

Many football observers dislike the practice of deliberate rushed behinds. The two main issues are that: defenders are given too easy an option of alleviating pressure in defence, and; the defending team is then given control of the ball via the kick-in. The idea of a rushed behind registering three points (awarded on the scoreboard as three behinds) instead of just one has been trialled in the NAB Cup. The Australian Football League pre-season competition, which is known at present as the NAB Cup, is a competition held before the beginning of the Australian It has also been proposed, but not trialled, that a deliberate rushed behind be followed by neutral contest (in the form of a ball-up) near the goal. A ball-up (pl ball-ups, aka bounce) in Australian rules football describes a method of restarting play at a neutral contest after a stoppage within Neither has yet been proposed for regular season play.

Notable own goals

Several notable instances in sports where players scored on their own goal.

Association football

Ice hockey

Basketball

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bizarre own goals
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ The Soccer Wars
  5. ^ Sport: Football Own goal gives Brazil victory
  6. ^ Woodgate scores second own goal
  7. ^ The Joy of Six: own goals
  8. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4174885.stm
  9. ^ a b BBC Sport - Ask Albert - Number 53
  10. ^ John Arne Riise and Cristiano Ronaldo lost in thought process
  11. ^ Blues humiliate Villa
  12. ^ ESPN.com - SOCCER - Team repeatedly scores own goals to protest refs

Dictionary

own goal

-noun

  1. (soccer) A goal that results from a player putting the ball into his own goal; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.
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