163743 20251030150827.0 doi 10.1177/17479541251370191 sideral 145362 ART-2025-145362 eng Asian-Clemente, Jose A. Goal! What happens before and after the goal? The demands of competition before and after a goal are different from the average match 2025 The objectives were: 1) compare the external load before and after a goal with average match demands, and 2) analyze differences in response of players pre and post goal scored and conceded. 23 official matches of twenty-two youth professional soccer players (age = 20.6 ± 1.8 years, weight = 73.0 ± 7.1 kg, and height = 1.80 ± 7.4 m) were monitored. With Global Positioning System (GPS) were obtained the Distance Covered (DC), DC >21 km·h−1, DC >24 km·h−1, Player Load, accelerations and decelerations (±2–3 m·s−2 and ±3 m·s−2) during the mean of the matches (Team) and in the 5 and 10 min before (Pre5 and Pre10) and after (Post5 and Post10) the goals scored and conceded. DC >24 km·h−1 was higher to the Team in all periods independently of the goal status (p ≤ 0.05). Similarly, Team showed lower DC >21 km·h−1 than Pre5 in goals scored and Post5 in goals conceded (p ≤ 0.05). DC, Player Load (except, Pre10), as well as much of the accelerations and decelerations periods were reduced when the goal was conceded (p ≤ 0.05). Similarly, accelerations and decelerations were reduced in Post5 when the goal was scored, including accelerations between 2–3 m·s−2 in Post10 and higher than 3 m·s−2 in Pre5 (p ≤ 0.05). Comparing the same period of scoring or conceding a goal, small differences were observed with higher values during goals scored (p ≤ 0.05). Around goal moments, players’ external load change compared to the match average, varying depending on whether the goal is scored or conceded, and the period analyzed. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Galiano, Carlos Muriarte, Diego Beltrán-Garrido, Jose V. Asín-Izquierdo, Iván Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0541-2050 3001 187 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Expres.Music.Plást.Corp. Área Didáctica Expres.Corporal (2025), [23 pp.] Int. j. sports sci. coach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE & COACHING 1747-9541 1409588 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/163743/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1380480 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/163743/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:163743 articulos driver 2025-10-30-14:40:06 ARTICLE