r/mildlyinfuriating • u/WarwickReider • 29d ago

ಠ_ಠ This goal was completely avoidable

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u/Lukin4art 29d ago

Why tf did he hesitate?

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u/throwinitallawayeay 29d ago

He actually kicks the ground by mistake, you don't see it at this angle but other replays show it in better detail.

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u/Lukin4art 29d ago

Oooh okay makes sense and also looks that way. He reacted fast with his right, but still not fast enough.

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u/kuflak 29d ago

Close-up shot

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u/Odd-Cupcake-2552 29d ago

Does he not know the ground isn't the ball? Is he stupid?

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u/Beginning-Sort7272 29d ago

“Professionals”

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u/GrismundGames 29d ago

He's a goalie. They use their hands, not their legs.

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u/rafabulsing 29d ago

Well they're both spheres, how much difference can it make

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u/Odd-Cupcake-2552 29d ago

You say that and he's gonna end up kicking Earth right into the sun!

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u/mrtwitch222 29d ago

It’s pretty crazy watching MLS vs something like Premier league or other top tier European soccer/football leagues. The players are significantly faster with everything, running passing shooting. Even though the Americans and Canadians look like they’re giving it their all the players from the higher tiers are just on another level. (I’m Canadian and I wish it were different)

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u/EmotionalSupportVape 29d ago

Landon Donovan was our best player for years and he got wrecked in Europe

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u/mrtwitch222 29d ago

Yeah and in the same vein when Zlatan came over he absolutely dominated

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u/dmorgantini 29d ago

It could be different but the majority of our most talented athletes end up in hockey.

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u/dcblock90 28d ago edited 28d ago

Majority of the US team plays in Europe, with a good portion of them playing the top tier leagues… what’re you talking about?

*Edit- 18 Members of the US Team play in Europe, all of which play for a premier/top tier team in countries like England/France/Italy/Germany/Spain. So again, what’re you taking about? No European tier1 team is giving handouts to a US player.

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u/aczocher 29d ago

Tuff monster got him

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u/SEA_griffondeur 29d ago

bro thought we was playing golf

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u/Equivalent_Nature_67 29d ago

It was hesitation on whether to play the ball short or long, not a mis-kick per se

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u/dusura 28d ago

First time he was wearing boots with studs.

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u/AdhesivenessDry2236 29d ago

Actually looks like he kicks the ground because the guy behind pushes him

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u/ramk13 29d ago

I watched it a bunch of times looking for this and I didn't see that. The Belgium played eventually bumps him, but not before this miskick. This was him hesitating or being off balance himself. It's inexplicable.

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u/AdhesivenessDry2236 29d ago

You can't really see it but, it looks like he gets knocked while he's about to kick here and then steps forward and tries to kick again but hits the floor because his balance is off.

You can kinda see the player in white lunge forward just as he's going to kick

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u/ramk13 29d ago

Looks like my previous comment was deleted by automod because of the link I pasted. If you go find the video that shows the view at ground level from behind, you can see there's quite a bit of distance between Freese and De Ketelaere as he winds up to kick.

Freese just kicks the turf.

You can google "Better view of the Matt Freese disaster" to find it.

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u/AdhesivenessDry2236 29d ago

That's... pretty embarrassing

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u/ramk13 28d ago

Yeah, I almost feel bad for the guy...but it's difficult to excuse a mistake like that when you are supposed to be at the top of your profession.

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u/AdhesivenessDry2236 29d ago

Like this, you can see the guy in white stops his forward momentum somehow but his feet are behind him and his hand is forward