Setting a goal? It's a pain

• An ache localized in the middle or inner ear
• Earache, formally
• Longing for home, cardinals ignored listener's complaint
• Pain in the ear
• Ear malady
• Single shot at goal's saved, a pain for those attending

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) earache

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Greek otalgia "earache," from ous , aus (genitive otos ) "ear" (see ear (n.1)) + algos "pain" (see -algia ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Otalgia \O*tal"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear + 'a`lgos pain: cf. F. otalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the ear; earache.