The longest GOOOOOOAL ever
March 22, 2023 12:04 PM Subscribe
The receiving goalie will wake up in a cold sweat for years. There should be a special trophy for the other guy. The golden platypus or something equally ridiculous. Platinumypus.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 12:15 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 12:15 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
And he managed to put it in the corner as well...
posted by jim in austin at 12:22 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by jim in austin at 12:22 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
Ouch. When that happens in hockey, it's usually because the other team pulled their goalie.
posted by NoxAeternum at 12:23 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by NoxAeternum at 12:23 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
Aww, I'm really happy for the goalkeeper who scored. What a cool moment.
posted by limeonaire at 12:24 PM on March 22, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by limeonaire at 12:24 PM on March 22, 2023 [9 favorites]
Golden Butt.
posted by pthomas745 at 12:31 PM on March 22, 2023
posted by pthomas745 at 12:31 PM on March 22, 2023
Man I probably would have just kept running into the net and fallen down, how do you even after that.
posted by seanmpuckett at 12:32 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 12:32 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
Or just keep running off the field and into the showers.
As a former (fair-to-middlin') goalie I would try long goal kicks for assists, but never got one. This is the dream. The defending goalie was too far up IMO.
posted by kirkaracha at 12:36 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
As a former (fair-to-middlin') goalie I would try long goal kicks for assists, but never got one. This is the dream. The defending goalie was too far up IMO.
posted by kirkaracha at 12:36 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
I was assuming this was regarding the longest ever announcer shouting GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL on record, but I guess an actual soccer goal is OK too.
posted by lefty lucky cat at 12:38 PM on March 22, 2023 [15 favorites]
posted by lefty lucky cat at 12:38 PM on March 22, 2023 [15 favorites]
Tim Howard has done it before, if I recall, he didn't celebrate because of some sort of goalkeeper code of ethics.
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posted by cloeburner at 12:42 PM on March 22, 2023 [12 favorites]
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posted by cloeburner at 12:42 PM on March 22, 2023 [12 favorites]
Man I probably would have just kept running into the net and fallen down,
I would not have stopped running until I made to the unemployment office.
posted by mhoye at 1:00 PM on March 22, 2023 [9 favorites]
I would not have stopped running until I made to the unemployment office.
posted by mhoye at 1:00 PM on March 22, 2023 [9 favorites]
It's the Beautiful Game. And sometimes that beauty comes in the form of pure silliness.
posted by Capt. Renault at 1:01 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Capt. Renault at 1:01 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopsey
posted by kokaku at 1:03 PM on March 22, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by kokaku at 1:03 PM on March 22, 2023 [3 favorites]
Apparently there was a 103 meter goal once that wasn't certified for some reason, but this is still epic.
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:06 PM on March 22, 2023
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:06 PM on March 22, 2023
I bet Scott Sterling could have blocked that shot.
posted by xedrik at 1:07 PM on March 22, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by xedrik at 1:07 PM on March 22, 2023 [3 favorites]
It's not very often that I watch high-level/professional sports and think "I could've done that," but I'm quite confident I could have made that save.
posted by The Card Cheat at 1:19 PM on March 22, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 1:19 PM on March 22, 2023 [7 favorites]
Immediately sent that to the goalie of the Randomlet's U10 team. Just to prove to him the dream is possible.
posted by Quasirandom at 1:25 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Quasirandom at 1:25 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
Wow. Ouch.
And I say that as a (temporarily former but maybe forever,(due to the blood thinners)) goalkeeper, (mostly indoor for the last decade), ouch.
We have all made such boners. But I'm playing in the +40, (and I just turned 60), league.
And I can't imagining this happening in indoor, with our 2-line passing rule, (keeper would have to collapse due to injury for me to score, and no one wants to see that), but I do have a handful of assists.
Keeper is most fun position.
posted by Windopaene at 1:46 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
And I say that as a (temporarily former but maybe forever,(due to the blood thinners)) goalkeeper, (mostly indoor for the last decade), ouch.
We have all made such boners. But I'm playing in the +40, (and I just turned 60), league.
And I can't imagining this happening in indoor, with our 2-line passing rule, (keeper would have to collapse due to injury for me to score, and no one wants to see that), but I do have a handful of assists.
Keeper is most fun position.
posted by Windopaene at 1:46 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
Holy moly. That keeper was so far outside the penalty area it doesn’t totally surprise, but it’s still pretty wild.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 2:10 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by kitten kaboodle at 2:10 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
the look of defeat on the other goalkeeper's face
the coach or manager's expression from the sidelines.. that's some r/watchpeopledieinside material
posted by elkevelvet at 2:14 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
the coach or manager's expression from the sidelines.. that's some r/watchpeopledieinside material
posted by elkevelvet at 2:14 PM on March 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
So, this resulted in a goal, but is it that he saw the other goalie out of position and then whalloped it with a prayer? Or was it actually a mistake -- he overshot his team's forwards by a considerable margin -- and got really, really lucky?
posted by jacquilynne at 2:15 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 2:15 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
Wow, that's insane.
posted by brundlefly at 2:26 PM on March 22, 2023
posted by brundlefly at 2:26 PM on March 22, 2023
Possibly the world record for someone yelling "goooooooooal" too.
posted by brundlefly at 2:29 PM on March 22, 2023
posted by brundlefly at 2:29 PM on March 22, 2023
Back in the 80s I remember reading an illustrated fact book and one of the facts was about the longest goal in soccer where one goal keeper was able to score off of a goal kick. I guess these things happen every once in a while and why not, the ball is all the way at the other end of the pitch and it is hard to keep focused for a full game, if there's any time for a goalkeeper to space out that would be it.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 2:33 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 2:33 PM on March 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
That poor, poor goalkeeper. Seeing a Guinness book of world records goal is cool, but the misery felt by the goalkeeper who got caught out of position will be what’ll stay with me.
posted by Kattullus at 2:36 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Kattullus at 2:36 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
He got lucky jacquilynne.
Defending keeper thought it was no big deal, easy save.
Then something happened. Weird bounce, bad decision? Who knows? Keeper knows. Ouch!
posted by Windopaene at 2:50 PM on March 22, 2023
Defending keeper thought it was no big deal, easy save.
Then something happened. Weird bounce, bad decision? Who knows? Keeper knows. Ouch!
posted by Windopaene at 2:50 PM on March 22, 2023
Back in the 80s I remember reading an illustrated fact book and one of the facts was about the longest goal in soccer where one goal keeper was able to score off of a goal kick.
I remember this, too.
May have been Pat Jennings. He certainly had form.
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 3:54 PM on March 22, 2023
I remember this, too.
May have been Pat Jennings. He certainly had form.
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 3:54 PM on March 22, 2023
That feeling when it bounces over your head and you're too far forward really sucks. Ideally, once.
So, this resulted in a goal, but is it that he saw the other goalie out of position and then whalloped it with a prayer?
I've definitely tried that when I saw the opposing goalie out of position.
posted by kirkaracha at 4:00 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
So, this resulted in a goal, but is it that he saw the other goalie out of position and then whalloped it with a prayer?
I've definitely tried that when I saw the opposing goalie out of position.
posted by kirkaracha at 4:00 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
Arthur Augusto says hold my beer
I wonder how many of these have misjudged bounces. Maybe like trains, it's hard to judge how fast a ball is approaching straight at you and you think it will bounch five feet in front of you, but it bounces 8 feet in front of you and launches over your head.
posted by rhizome at 5:09 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
I wonder how many of these have misjudged bounces. Maybe like trains, it's hard to judge how fast a ball is approaching straight at you and you think it will bounch five feet in front of you, but it bounces 8 feet in front of you and launches over your head.
posted by rhizome at 5:09 PM on March 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
In the late 90s/early 2000s a friend and I played a lot of Fifa on our computers over dialup. We had one game where I was quite low-ranked Canada and he was Brazil and I was winning and then unintentionally scored a goal from behind the halfway line. He immediately disconnected so I had to call him up to razz him. He'll still mention that goal once in a while but it must be easier to take when it is just a pair of computers deciding to mess with you instead of you yourself letting the goal in.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 5:15 PM on March 22, 2023
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 5:15 PM on March 22, 2023
The keeper of our local team made a horrible blunder being caught out of position a couple years ago. Truly embarrassing. But Coach Bobby proved right — he never made that mistake again.
posted by Capt. Renault at 6:12 PM on March 22, 2023
posted by Capt. Renault at 6:12 PM on March 22, 2023
How far exactly was this goal? CNN worrying Raquena:
“So now we are waiting for what is needed to verify what the distance really was. [Silva] did tell me that the ANFP [Chilean Football Federation] called him to check the measurements of the field, which is 150 meters and a bit.
“If so, since the area is five meters, it would be logically over 100.
Spot the mistake...
posted by Dysk at 11:41 PM on March 22, 2023
“So now we are waiting for what is needed to verify what the distance really was. [Silva] did tell me that the ANFP [Chilean Football Federation] called him to check the measurements of the field, which is 150 meters and a bit.
“If so, since the area is five meters, it would be logically over 100.
Spot the mistake...
posted by Dysk at 11:41 PM on March 22, 2023
You can see the poor goalie reach up with his hands and realize that he's out of the box and can't touch it. Poor guy. Wow.
posted by ceejaytee at 4:09 AM on March 23, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by ceejaytee at 4:09 AM on March 23, 2023 [3 favorites]
I don't know footie rules and I am curious, if the goalie had touched it whilst out of the box, would that have been a better result than letting the ball go into the goal?
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:44 AM on March 23, 2023
posted by seanmpuckett at 8:44 AM on March 23, 2023
I don't know footie rules and I am curious, if the goalie had touched it whilst out of the box, would that have been a better result than letting the ball go into the goal?
Depends on your definition of better. There is the concept of a "Denial of an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity" which is punished by a red card, dismissal and awarding a penalty kick. I've always seen DOAOGSA talked about a physical foul or a purposeful handball in the box. I can't find a cite that says a goalie doing a purposeful handball outside the box counts.
For examples, Luis Suarez committed a purposeful handball in the box in the World Cup. He was sent off but the Ghanaian missed the penalty shot and Uganda ended up winning. So in the case it is trading a certain goal for playing the rest of the game with fewer players + a low probability penalty save.
posted by mmascolino at 9:19 AM on March 23, 2023 [2 favorites]
Depends on your definition of better. There is the concept of a "Denial of an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity" which is punished by a red card, dismissal and awarding a penalty kick. I've always seen DOAOGSA talked about a physical foul or a purposeful handball in the box. I can't find a cite that says a goalie doing a purposeful handball outside the box counts.
For examples, Luis Suarez committed a purposeful handball in the box in the World Cup. He was sent off but the Ghanaian missed the penalty shot and Uganda ended up winning. So in the case it is trading a certain goal for playing the rest of the game with fewer players + a low probability penalty save.
posted by mmascolino at 9:19 AM on March 23, 2023 [2 favorites]
You'd think goalkeepers would have a secret fraternal pact not to embarrass each other like this.
posted by Nelson at 10:02 AM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Nelson at 10:02 AM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
No, we goalkeepers hate the opposing keeper with a passion. We may shake hands at the end of the game, but, no...
Especially the ones (indoor) who are actually great soccer players and will bring the ball way out to try to score. Hate that guy.
posted by Windopaene at 11:02 AM on March 23, 2023 [5 favorites]
Especially the ones (indoor) who are actually great soccer players and will bring the ball way out to try to score. Hate that guy.
posted by Windopaene at 11:02 AM on March 23, 2023 [5 favorites]
And it is an instinctive reaction to NOT TOUCH A BALL OUTSIDE THE BOX!
And that hesitation is too long.
posted by Windopaene at 11:04 AM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
And that hesitation is too long.
posted by Windopaene at 11:04 AM on March 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
German goalie icon Sepp Maier scored one such goal, but I think he did it with the ball from his hand.
This is more impressive.
Anyway, I couldn't find a video so consider this an anecdote.
posted by flamewise at 12:31 PM on March 23, 2023
This is more impressive.
Anyway, I couldn't find a video so consider this an anecdote.
posted by flamewise at 12:31 PM on March 23, 2023
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