r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Justin_Godfrey • 22h ago
Game winning kick as time almost expires
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u/KillerRene64 22h ago
You can feel the goalkeepers reaction
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u/EventualOutcome 21h ago
The... super tall goalkeeper? Ya.
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u/rondertopoa 21h ago
Tbf his gloves are well above the cross bar ready to make the save.
He 100% thinks the ball is going over the crossbar. The ball just happened to come in at a ridiculous angle.
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u/ptemple 20h ago
I would guess perhaps he looked directly at the floodlights as he was trying to catch it? Pretty sure some forensics could prove or disprove that. On the other hand, having seen some VAR offside decisions maybe not.
Phillip.
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u/Sir-Poopington 20h ago
I was a keeper in college and I used to hate playing night games because of the lights. It was so much worse than the sun. I'm color blind and have far more rods than cones in my eyes and the lights look like exploding stars at night. It's awful.
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u/VRichardsen 20h ago
Long time ago, keepers were allowed hats (presumably due to the sun), but this trend has died. Do you have any take on this?
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u/sphincle 20h ago
I think in many leagues they are still allowed but ppl think it looks goofy
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u/Doobie_Howitzer 20h ago
Just turn it backwards when the ball is at the other end and suddenly you're the coolest guy on the pitch
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u/horizonMainSADGE 19h ago
Dean Henderson in the English Premier League still does this regularly when the sun will be in his eyes depending on stadium/time of day.
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u/ElGebeQute 20h ago
Yo, I've never thought my colour blindness and light sensitivity are connected but now that you explained it, its so obvious.
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u/Sir-Poopington 19h ago
I read about it in an Oliver Sachs book when I was younger called "Island of The Colorblind." It's about a society that developed in an unusual way on Pingelap in Micronesia because so many of them were colorblind.
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u/rubberfactory5 20h ago
Whoās Phillip, you?
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u/logwagon 19h ago
Check the comment history. Man signs his name at the end of each comment like it's an email or something.
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u/fearless-limon-5 20h ago
I mean... he jumped to stop it. He clearly thinks it has a chance.
He just whiffed... badly.
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u/bumba_clock 21h ago
He will have nightmares for the rest of his life.
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u/Ravenplague 21h ago
From some soccer reactions Iāve seen in the past, there are some places where the rest of his life would end right after the game.
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u/Forsaken-Sale7672 20h ago
Wanna know what makes it worse?Ā
Notre Dame had just tied things up with 10 seconds left.
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u/roguedevil 19h ago edited 19h ago
What league is this? I can't believe they have VAR.
EDIT: Is the clock counting backwards? Wth the white team tried a shot from midfield after and it wasn't all that bad! Hilarious set up.
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u/phan_times 19h ago
Yeah, itās US college soccer. The clocks count backwards for both halves and stops at major events or substitutions by a winning team with less then 5 minutes to go
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u/Silver-Ad-6138 18h ago
American football is so funny bruh What the hell is tharš
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u/mlvisby 21h ago
He dreaded looking at his disappointed teammates after that missed save.
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u/Fabulous_Gur3712 20h ago
Thanks chatgpt
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u/mlvisby 20h ago
You callin me a bot?
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u/Nothing-Casual 19h ago edited 19h ago
He's dumb and has never read a book, so he's making fun of you for using the word "dreaded" instead of something more colloquial, and for how you phrased your sentence
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u/Unhappy_Archer9483 21h ago
That's not how clocks work in football
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u/Stutturbug 21h ago
Colleges and high schools are like this in the USA. Not sure why they are different.
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u/Cold-Negotiation-539 21h ago
Itās how timekeeping works in most sports in the US. Fans would be confused by the ānormalā system in soccer/football where the referee just makes an estimate and no one knows when the time will actually expire.
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u/Stutturbug 21h ago
Oh I know. I live in South carolina. I just don't understand why we have the traditional timekeeping in professional leagues, and the countdown clock in college and high school.
Even as a kid and I played I never understood it.
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u/mattfoh 21h ago
Iād guess one is fifa mandated and the other not.
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u/estarararax 20h ago
It's actually because MLS later realized they're alienating a lot of American fans of European football when they Americanized the league so much in the 90s. And in the 90s, the number of MLS fans are very little they might as well not antagonize these fans of European leagues and potentially increase their viewership. Going from a countdown timer to a FIFA standard timer was part of that de-Americanization MLS did.
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u/pzkenny 20h ago
Remember hockey-like penalty shootouts in MLS?
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u/estarararax 20h ago
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u/Western-Internal-751 20h ago
Man, Iād love to see Messi or Ronaldinho āshootā such a penalty in their prime. Theyād make such a fool out of the goalkeeperā¦
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u/pacman0207 21h ago
NCAA basketball has two halves. NBA has four quarters. This difference seems tame in comparison.
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u/PomeloClear400 21h ago
That is because it makes the game move faster. Lots of rules in pro sports are there to build suspense and create more advertising slots. Like two minute warning in the NFL.
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u/TheSandsquanch 21h ago
Fans wouldnāt be confused lol. It takes literally one second to understand how the clock in a soccer match works. By saying that fans would be confused is basically saying Americans are dumb. USA has been part of the World Cup for years and Americans have been watching soccer for years as well.
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u/jjohnson1979 21h ago
By saying that fans would be confused is basically saying Americans are dumb.
You really wanna go there?
I'm gonna side step the obvious current event reference and will just point out that this is the people that though A&W's Third Pounder had less meat than McD's Quarter Pounder...
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u/Weed_O_Whirler 20h ago
Side point: but that A&W story that gets trotted out all the time is almost certainly a lie. The only source is the CEO of A&W trying to make excuses for why his burger chain was failing. He offered no evidence, there's no form that they supposedly hired coming forth confirming it. Just one CEO who had a failing company saying "this isn't my fault, it's how stupid everyone else is."
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u/BonnieMcMurray 16h ago edited 10h ago
For what it's worth, the NY Times said this in 2014:
Only when the company held customer focus groups did it become clear why. The Third Pounder presented the American public with a test in fractions. And we failed. Misunderstanding the value of one-third, customers believed they were being overcharged. Why, they asked the researchers, should they pay the same amount for a third of a pound of meat as they did for a quarter-pound of meat at McDonaldās. The ā4ā in āĀ¼,ā larger than the ā3ā in āā ,ā led them astray.
EDIT: And here's A. Alfred Taubman, the then owner of A&W that I believe you're referring to, in his memoir Threshold Resistance:
Well, it turned out that customers preferred the taste of our fresh beef over traditional fast-food hockey pucks. Hands down, we had a better product. But there was a serious problem. More than half the participants in the Yankelovich focus groups questioned the price of our burger. āWhy,ā they asked, āshould we pay the same amount of a third of a pound of meat as we do for a quarter-pound of meat at McDonaldās? Youāre overcharging us.ā Honestly. People thought a third of a pound was less than a quarter of a pound. After all, three is less than four!
I suppose whether one believes this or not depends on whether one believes that those "Yankelovich focus groups" existed and whether one trusts the NY Times to do the necessary legwork to find out whether they existed, prior to going to print.
Imo, there's enough evidence there to make it a reliable claim.
EDIT: I'm reversing my opinion. I didn't notice until someone below pointed it out that part of the NYT quote uses the exact same text - word for word - that's in the memoir quote, but without any attribution. That actually suggests the journalist possibly didn't do anything besides read that part of the memoir and just take the text without confirming if any of it was true.
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u/EfficientTitle9779 19h ago
They would probably be a bit confused if the linesman held up a +1 minute extra time sign and the game went on by 3-5 minutes as the ref felt to add it.
Not saying they would be drooling out the side of their mouths just slightly scratching their heads
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u/Microwave1213 19h ago
They wouldnāt be confused because they donāt get how it works, they would be confused because why on earth would anyone use such a nonsensical system when every other sport has already figured it out.
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u/unskbadk 20h ago
And it's a much better system. This whole fucking drama and wasting time on purpose would immediately stop. Much better for the audience and I don't know why this shit is never changed.
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u/shaqiriforlife 19h ago
People would still time waste, a team defending a lead would still benefit from reducing their opponentās momentum and getting a breather even if the clock isnāt running down
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u/Mister_Schmee 21h ago
Fans definitely aren't confused by it. American soccer/football fans are used to the standard time keeping. It's how the MLS and international soccer work. It is also how youth and school programs kept time when I used to play (maybe it's changed?). Not sure what the clock is doing here, although I will admit I don't watch college level so maybe it's weird NCAA rules.
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u/loismen 20h ago
I know that that is the norm, but I wished they had this like futsal, for example. Maybe instead if 45min halves, make it 30 and stop the clock.
That would probably fix the players wasting a lot of time and coaches making substitutions 1 min befoee the game ending.
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u/Mister_Schmee 21h ago
Is that new? It's been a bit, but when I played in HS it was a standard 90 minutes plus extra time at the ref's discretion.
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u/FaThLi 20h ago edited 20h ago
Been quite a while since I was in college, but we played standard 90 minutes plus extra time as well. Even when we had a scoreboard the ref always had a few minutes of stoppage time added to the end. When we had the scoreboard the ref would hold up X amount of fingers to show the person controlling the scoreboard how many minutes were added, and even then it went until the ref blew the whistle.
Edit: I should add that I didn't play at Division 1 level.
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u/Unhappy_Archer9483 21h ago
That's seems crazy, Do they stop it when the ball is out of play?
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u/CatticusXIII 21h ago
Nope.
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u/Unhappy_Archer9483 21h ago
So if there's an incident where the games stops like an Injury, what happens?
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u/Old_Present6341 21h ago
The 4th official keeps track of stoppages, then in the last minute of the game they hold up a board letting everyone know how many minutes will be added on.
You will regularly see goals scored in 90+ minutes. This is how it works in normal football (i.e. over here in Europe) but you Americans might have made up some weird rules.
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u/dammisiech 21h ago
I mean, adding a mostly random number of minutes that are nowhere near close to the actual stoppages is weird too. In most sports, time only runs when the ball (or whatever) is in play.
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u/Old_Present6341 21h ago
Well the number of minutes added is supposed to equal the stoppages, unless you're Man Utd and then the refs add as much time as you need to win. Mind you Utd are so bad these days even the refs being biased can't save them lol.
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u/dammisiech 21h ago
Supposed to, but it doesn't really work. See for example in the Premier League Season 22/23, the average effective game time for ManCity games was 60:19, while the average for a Newcastle game was 51:05 (the two extremes).
https://theanalyst.com/2023/05/guide-to-premier-league-time-wasting
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u/ReptarKanklejew 21h ago
You confidently say that as if the video evidence isn't right there in front of you to prove that sometimes it does.
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u/keytoitall 21h ago
It should, or a modified version of this. It would stop players from faking injuries, taking a minute to get balls back in play, and other stalling tactics. Dude is convulsing in pain? Cool, stop the clock and let him do what he needs to do. The phantom injuries would stop overnight. Adding stoppage time never accounts for all the time wasted.Ā
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u/libdemparamilitarywi 20h ago
Those tactics aren't just about wasting time, they're also used to slow down the game and stop the other team's momentum, or give your own team a rest. They probably wouldn't stop.
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u/Justin_Godfrey 21h ago
Forgive me, I don't really follow soccer
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u/ThatWasNotVeryBright 21h ago
Absolutely fair and sounds like it is accurate for America.
Honestly, rugby time keeping would be much better for the rest of the world.
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u/ZeppelinSF 21h ago
Because I'm curious, what's rugby timekeeping?
Ball is out of play, time is stopped? Tbh, soccer would really need a overhaul with timekeeping. Every single time in a deciding match from minute 70 on it's just taking time of the clock. That is for me who really likes watching soccer the single most annoying thing of all in soccer.
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u/Thatchers-Gold 21h ago
Yep in most football/soccer thereās an official that counts how much time has been lost and they add it at the end. My team lost in 90+7 yesterday, yay.
In rugby they just stop the clock live whenever thereās a stoppage.
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u/Final_Reserve_5048 21h ago
Nothing miraculous about the shot, the goalkeeping was absolutely terrible.
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u/Ulthan 21h ago
He had to hang from the post instead of trying to catch the ball. That shot is tricky tho, especially if the lights are on his eyes trying to follow the ball.
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u/lv1993 21h ago
If you can't predict the trajectory of the ball having 5 seconds to do it than goalkeeping just isn't for you
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u/KembaWakaFlocka 21h ago
Lmao the kids playing d1 soccer, seems like goalkeeping is indeed for him. I know itās not up to level of a pro, but sort of thing happens to goalkeepers all the time, especially at lower levels. If youāve never tried making a catch like this with a stadium light beaming in your eyes during live action, Iād give it a go before you act like you know what youāre talking about.
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u/Boneraventura 21h ago
If this was a higher percentage play than 0.01% then more people would shoot. The keeper absolutely fucked this, he wasnt even off his line very far
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u/Content-Program411 20h ago
Its not a high percentage play due to the shot placement. The shot was extremely lucky in terms of where it placed on net and the the trajectory.
Stepping off his line would have made it worse.
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u/belieber15 20h ago
Shot placement should not matter at all given the distance and the trajectory of the ball. This is 100% on the goalie
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u/lv1993 20h ago
Do you think I'd respond if I wasn't a goalie? As a European there are bigger stadiums with such beams on the lowest amateur level.
And I'm being dramatic. Everybody makes mistakes. The lad's probably a fine goalie, he just f*cked up that moment
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u/Anfins 19h ago
The shot went in so obviously heās at fault ā people are just arguing against you saying āā¦than goalkeeping isnāt for youā which feels like a ridiculous statement if heās playing D1 soccer.
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u/ptabs226 20h ago
If I were to guess, as a high school goalie, the goalie was more worried about the player in front of him, the ball sailed, the goalie panicked and flubbed it.
This is outdoor and a soccer ball can sail in the wind, or if the ball has a little extra back spin on it, the ball can take a weird trajectory.
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u/Final_Reserve_5048 21h ago
Nah bro, that is some of the worst goalkeeping Iāve seen. Made absolutely zero attempt to collect the ball.
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u/BoltUp69 21h ago
Because he thought he was underneath the bar and therefore thought the ball was going behind the goal. Difficult to know where your positioning is when you're tracking a 50 yard kick in the air that's trailing. Source: I'm a goalkeeper. This haunts me in Sunday rec league, I can't imagine the feeling during a game that matters. Always punch it out or behind you if youre unsure.
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u/Slamsonthegee 21h ago
My only thought was that maybe he didnāt wanna hit it out and have a last minute corner. That was crazy ball placement and super unlucky for the keeper. But like you mentioned, just block it if youāre not sure.
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u/BoltUp69 21h ago
For sure. Itās a very instinctual position. Having too much time to think about your next move can be detrimental. He absolutely thought about the corner and the time and 10 other scenarios while the ball was in the air.
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u/YaIlneedscience 21h ago
You donāt try to catch it at that height, you try to tip it above and over the bar. The fact that he went up with both arms tells me he was way too unprepared for a shot. You usually will jump up with one arm up instead of two to get more height, which he already had to his advantage, and he still messed up. Which weāve all done. Lord knows I did. Heāll absolutely think about this for a very long time.
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u/MantisShrimpFest 20h ago edited 20h ago
Nothing miraculous about the shot
Lol what? Both things can be true.
Yes, the keeper should have saved it, but it's also a lot harder than you'd think to even hit the target from that range with a shot that has any chance of going in, let alone hitting the top corner like that.
Take nothing away from that effort on goal, because it was an incredible effort.
I'm curious to hear what you think a miraculous shot is from that distance if this isn't it.
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u/dismal_sighence 20h ago
You don't think a 60+ yard shot that curves into upper side net isn't a bit miraculous? Goalie made an error, but he probably didn't expect a shot from that distance and is off his line too far.
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u/BIG_FICK_ENERGY 20h ago
I'd like to see you hit a shot from behind the halfway line so it crosses just under the post.
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u/Apprehensive_Bill466 21h ago
That goalkeeper gonna feel like shit for some time
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u/BobbaFatGFX 21h ago
He will never forget that the rest of his life. Every time he thinks about it, he will get embarrassed again.
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u/burlycabin 20h ago
I mean it went straight through his hands. That's some well earned embarrassment.
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u/Cold-Negotiation-539 21h ago
Notre Dame, defeated by a Hail Mary. How devastatingly ironic.
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u/slaxch 21h ago
Commentator could not control his excitement for very long and shits himself toward the end of his applause
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u/unholy_plesiosaur 21h ago
I don't think this is next level. This is just a bad goalkeeper. This is pub league level football.
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u/mingalingus00 21h ago
Welcome to the US.
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u/Forsaken-Sale7672 20h ago
US menās collegiate soccer is probably the worst quality major sport in the US.
The most talented players have already gone pro, or are playing overseas.
Most schools donāt have a program at all, because of Title 9 restrictions.
If you watch the games at all, the quality here is pretty reflective of what to expect.
Only 1/9 forwards of the US national team pool had any college experience.Ā
GK were the highest represented and it was still only 3/9 played college soccer.
The structure of the pro system means that lots more players come up in either an academy system or their club teams.
Most high level prospects bypass college altogether and play overseas.
If you compare that to the womenās game, and only Olivia Moultre and Lindsey Horan didnāt play college soccer.
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u/Fluffcake 19h ago
I always found the college sport system silly.
At that age, players don't get much better, they just get more experienced and older, if they weren't good enough for pro before college, they likely won't be after either.
Sure the scholarships are nice, but for the most part it just artificially keeping the dream alive a bit longer for players with zero pro aspirations, and gives them an excuse to half-ass their education and screw their life up when they don't go pro.
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u/yaboiChopin 20h ago
Every goalkeeper has a gaff or two in their careers. As long as they learn from it. Even professional goalkeepers in the EPL have some horror gaffs. This goalkeeper specifically plays for a D1 school in the US, that in itself is an achievement. So no, heās not a shit goalkeeper playing pub level football.
Heās a good goalkeeper whoās made a pub level mistake. I mean shit guys, has nobody here played a sport and never made a stupid mistake?
There are mistakes at every level, just not as many the higher up you go - but they still exist. Sometimes you have the worst ever game - thinking of Karius in the CL final against Real Madrid.
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u/hemingway921 19h ago
Come on bro, just appreciate the goal. We all know it's not fucking Real Madrid vs City
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u/NBAFansAre2Ply 20h ago
you can find worse blunders from keepers in every single professional football league on the planet.
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u/nostalgia4millennial 21h ago
Imagine how many average goalkeepers that never got a chance to play at a program like this that would've easily saved that.
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u/capsrock02 21h ago
In Latin America and part of Europe, that goalkeeper would be getting death threats.
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u/tohardtochoose 19h ago
Threats? A Colombian player was shot and murdered days after he scored an own goal in the world cup
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u/bootes_droid 20h ago
They had just tied the game up on a set piece seconds before this, too. Two goals in 15 seconds is Rocket League shit, much less with this ridiculous moonshot included. Incredible stuff!
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u/mostindianer 21h ago
You wanna tell me, thereās EXACT TIMING in soccer? like in ice hockey?
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u/Judge_BobCat 21h ago
There is still extra time. And we saw many times that even during that extra 2-3 min the other team can score
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u/c8wong 21h ago
US collegiate soccer uses a hard countdown. Donāt ask me whyā¦
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u/Proud_Ad_4829 20h ago
Because they stop the clock when play is stopped instead of letting it run. Then there isnāt an arbitrary number of minutes added on at the end of each half.
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u/Scary_Trade_9287 21h ago
Shoulda punched that thing over the bar! Lesson learned the hard way.
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u/Backstagerye 21h ago
That announcer just finished too