Extracurriculars » tim howard http://www.wendyparker.org Discoveries, rants and comfort-food cravings of a sports omnivore. Wed, 15 May 2013 04:54:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Follow the bouncing ball http://www.wendyparker.org/2012/01/follow-the-bouncing-ball/ http://www.wendyparker.org/2012/01/follow-the-bouncing-ball/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:50:11 +0000 Wendy Parker http://www.wendyparker.org/?p=3813

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:

<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/video?vid=fac369d7-cda9-4662-a062-1b4b3af67df7" target="_new" title="" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/video?vid=fac369d7-cda9-4662-a062-1b4b3af67df7&amp;referer=');">GOTD: Howard scores amazing Goal</a>

]]> http://www.wendyparker.org/2012/01/follow-the-bouncing-ball/feed/ 0