Player of the Weak: Missed Goals Edition
January 4th, 2008 at 11:16 amBy Chris
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One of the things I love about ushering in a new year are the recaps from the year that was. You know, things like the top-10 dunks of 2007, the best plays, so on and so forth. So you can imagine my joy when I ventured over to The Offside and saw their post for Worst Misses of All Time, focusing on the sport of soccer… or is it football?
The video has some great footage of attempts on goal gone awry–really, really, awry. So the next time you miss that breakaway lay-up in your basketball rec league or drop the pop fly in your softball bar league, don’t feel bad. Even the pros screw it up sometimes and in some cases, their miscues are much more egregious than you can imagine. That is, until you see the video.
Personally, I love watching all the reactions from the players who missed so badly. Anyway, congratulations to all the players that made this video possible. You are this week’s (and the first of 2008) cumulative Player of the Weak.
Stumble it!
January 4th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
[...] guess you could say Intentional Foul is in a soccer mood, thanks to the missed goals video and the report about Trésor Mputu being awarded the World’s top goal scorer honor. [...]
January 4th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
One great blown opportunity I saw was the US-Scotland friendly from several years ago. Gallagher broke in all alone on Keller, I mean nobody was near him for ten yards, and he shot it right into Keller’s stomach at the top of the box. Game ended 0-0.