to be the player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring goals

Who is playing in goal for Milan this evening? 今晚比赛米兰队的守门员是谁？

Barthez was in goal.

Stephan is expected to be in goal.

Whoever is in goal tonight, it's going to be a tough match.

Harris was in goal for them.

There's a lot of speculation about who will play in goal tonight.

See also: goal (SPORT)