Goalkeepers rarely score goals. But the way that Everton’s Tim Howard, the U.S. national team starter, did this Wednesday against Bolton Wanderers is something to marvel.
In addition to a whopper of a kick — not a goal kick, but on a short back pass, mind you — Howard also got the best-ever bounce in the history of English soccer, and maybe the world. On a cold, hard turf, it had just the right touch for him to beat his opposite number:
