field goal

nouns

a score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts
domain category
a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
is a type of (narrower)
the act of scoring in a game or sport
"the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop