charging the goalkeeper
A soccer foul where an attacking player makes illegal physical contact with the goalkeeper, typically when the keeper has possession or is in the air.
from English keeper charge
The opposing player was cautioned for charging the goalkeeper.
The crowd booed the referee's decision to call a goalkeeper charge.
Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some sources.
Borrowed from English 'keeper charge', a compound of 'keeper' (goalkeeper) and 'charge' (to make physical contact illegally).