Goal in soccer ground β noise rising! (9)
I believe the answer is:
crescendo
'noise rising' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'goal in soccer ground' is the wordplay.
'goal' becomes 'end' (both can mean a purpose).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'ground' indicates an anagram ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'soccer' with letters rearranged gives 'cresco'.
'end' inserted within 'cresco' is 'CRESCENDO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crescendo that I've seen before include "Gradual increase in volume" , "Volume getting larger" , "climax" , "Increase of volume in music" , "Rising noise" .)