Big Day of Soccer

I’ll start off my first blog by thanking the crew of Geese Chatter for taking my in. I’m glad to be on board. 

Today there were many soccer games in action from International friendlies and World Cup qualifiers. Ill briefly cover some of the main ones though. International power house Spain took on Uruguay and beat them easily 3-1 thanks to Uruguay’s goalie letting a shot by Cesc Fabregas from 30 yards out go right through his hands and trickle in the back of the net. England pulled off a lucky 2-1 win against Brazil because Brazil failed to convert on a penalty kick which would of put them ahead at the time. France fell to Germany 2-1 in a game that lacked any spark because France sat back defensively while Germany pounded it down their throats. And finally Argentina beat Sweden 3-2 and didn’t even need their star Leo Messi to score.

But lets not forget about good old USA. They kicked off their World Cup qualifying today against Honduras today. They were led by my personal favorite player Clint Dempsey and had some other big names out their such as goalie Tim Howard and midfielder Michael Bradley but did not have all their big guns which I’m sure coach Jurgen Klinsmann regretted once they lost 2-1. It was an all around disappointing performance by the USA but Clint Dempsey did score their lone goal and boy was it a beauty.

What makes this goal so impressive? Lets compare it to baseball. Everyone knows how difficult it is to catch a ball over your shoulder when your running. Now try kicking a ball coming over your shoulder. But my man Clint Dempsey does it with no sweat. Ball comes over his shoulder and he one time volleys it out of the air past the goalie into the back corner or the net. A world class finish for our goal of the day. Thanks and goodnight.