game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points(noun.artifact)
source: wordnet30
a successful attempt at scoring(noun.act)
Example: The winning goal came with less than a minute left to play.
source: wordnet30
The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.(noun)