Jew goal

The term "Jew goal" is used to describe a certain type of goal in football. According to Urban Dictionary, it is scored when a player squares the ball when one-on-one with the goalkeeper to give a teammate an open goal. Anshel Pfeffer in Haaretz defines it as "an attack on goal in which one enterprising player does all the running, dribbling and feinting around defenders. And just when he comes up against the keeper, he passes to a teammate who scores the goal with next to no effort", writing that it allows a player to profit from the hard work of his teammate. The term, considered by some to be antisemitic, indicates a goal scored unfairly and plays on the stereotype of Jews as cheap.
The term originated among players of the video game series FIFA, many of whom consider such goals to be dishonourable. The term has spread outside gaming communities, as evidenced by its use on Twitter to describe Robin van Persie's first goal in Arsenal's 5-3 defeat of Chelsea in October 2011. In 2013 Welsh rugby player Josh Navidi was criticised for using the term in a tweet.
Philologos in The Forward considers the use of the term puzzling, believing a "Jew goal" to be "one of the game’s supreme delights and achievements. Few soccer moves are more satisfying to watch than those in which a player draws a goalkeeper in his direction to meet the threat of a kick and then flicks the ball sideways to another player who places it in the net from an unprotected-against angle", and that "if playing soccer with one’s brains and not only with one’s skull is considered the "Jewish" thing to do, we can take this one as a backhanded compliment. The next time a deft, team-spirited pass leaves a goalkeeper flat-footed and helpless, we should all be on our feet shouting, "Jew goal! Jew goal! Jew goal!"".<ref name="Forward"/>

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