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tmracht

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I genuinely think the goal is too big for the women’s game. Women can strike a ball with the pace and accuracy to make many keepers irrelevant far too frequently. There simply arent enough women playing to get a pool of keepers that have the size and skills. The men have a hard enough time finding the bodies.
Some would wonder if Zach Steffen would have stopped that one. But in all honesty, it's a tough placement for any keeper especially one at 1.77m. Sure there are a few top 5 keepers in that range of <1.8m, but theres a reason most are closer to 1.87m.
 

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Some would wonder if Zach Steffen would have stopped that one. But in all honesty, it's a tough placement for any keeper especially one at 1.77m. Sure there are a few top 5 keepers in that range of <1.8m, but theres a reason most are closer to 1.87m.
Some would wonder what Zach Steffen can stop these days... Matt Turner for President (of USMNT WC Starting Goalkeepers).
 

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That's a thing of beauty. At my age, I don't work on skills anymore, but I've always had trouble keeping my shots low. We had a pub league cancellation a few weeks ago, but a handful of us went to the field anyways and played soccer-volleyball. There were 5 of us though, so one guy had to sit out. When I sat out, I worked on just hitting the ball hard and low. Still can't do it.

This guy hits a half volley like a rocket and it never gets a yard off the ground [insert clappy emoji]!
 

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Great goal, in a derby!

Vasco da Gama is back in Série A, after spending the last two season in Série B, and built a brand new team under the administration of an American investment group, 777 Partners, who bought the rights to head the football team for the next 30 years.
 

SocrManiac

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Watching it again, the keeper went directly for it. Not certain she got a touch. Regardless, not knowing the rules should get her benched- absolutely inexcusable.

Allowing shit like that to go in and nonchalantly lining up the resulting free kick while the other team celebrated was one of my favorite moves. I got bonus points from my teammates if I faked making an effort for it.
 

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How? There really aren’t any adjectives to describe that.

Consider how many players get off a typical shot from that position and send it over or wide. And this one was place perfectly.
 

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How? There really aren’t any adjectives to describe that.

Consider how many players get off a typical shot from that position and send it over or wide. And this one was place perfectly.
Utd beat Everton 3-0, in Everton's first game after the 10-point deduction. The crowd was up for it, I expected Goodison to be at its seething best, but he hit this at the four-minute mark. Could've heard a pin drop afterwards.
 

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Haven’t Di Maria and Messi been trying to beat each other to be the first one to do this, or was that just when they’re with Argentina?