The goalkeeper who gave up such a ridiculous goal should have been given his release on the spot. I know the ball was on the other end of the field, but why was he so far off his line and why was he so slow to react? Pathetic effort. If I had given up a goal like that in high school I would have been buried at the end of the bench for the rest of the season so I could wallow in my shame. We practiced that exact situation for hours on end, and you can be sure that none of us ever got used up like that.

No, really. What was that guy thinking? That was probably the most indecisive play from a goalkeeper I've seen in a long time. Catch it on the short hop, play back and punch it over the crossbar, anything is better than getting stuck in no-man's-land and looking like a buffoon. If that's the quality of goalkeeper required by bottom-feeding EPL teams I'm available for the league minimum, and I'd do a better job than that.

USA motherfarkers

Who won?

Americans do everything better.

Purple_Jack: He looks remarkably underwhelmed by the whole thing.

Tim Timmery, Tim Timmery, Tim Tim Terroo, we've got Tim Howard and he says fark you!

Good for Tim Howard, but all credit must go to Everton's newest signing, Agusta Wind.

TonnageVT: Good for Tim Howard, but all credit must go to Everton's newest signing, Agusta Wind.

Yep. A weather-aided fluke. Still, that was pretty cool to watch.

Brad Friedel scored for Blackburn, Timmy scores for Everton...

If only American strikers could score with such regularity...

Adolf Oliver Nipples: The goalkeeper who gave up such a ridiculous goal should have been given his release on the spot. I know the ball was on the other end of the field, but why was he so far off his line and why was he so slow to react? Pathetic effort. If I had given up a goal like that in high school I would have been buried at the end of the bench for the rest of the season so I could wallow in my shame. blablahblahblah. Catch it on the short hop, play back and punch it over the crossbar, anything is better than getting stuck in no-man's-land and looking like a buffoon. If that's the quality of goalkeeper required by bottom-feeding EPL teams I'm available for the league minimum, and I'd do a better job than that.

I've played soccer for all of thirteen months, goalie for a whopping six months, and I know you're absolutely wrong.

Nice to see others reinforce that. All in all, a great goalkeeping thread, your post excluded.

colin-: Goaltenders in soccer can be a tight knit group, Howard's reaction was somber because he knew it was just a ball that sailed long, caught a huge gust of wind, and took a ridiculous bounce. The opposing keeper was right where he should have been, coming out to challenge the angle of the Everton striker attempting to win the ball from Howard's kick. Howard wasn't trying to score, he was trying to get the ball up-field to his striker making a run. It was an absolute stroke of luck that could have happened to anyone. Howard reacted how he did because at some point in every goaltender's career an absolute freak break of bad luck has worked against them.

THIS. Still classy on his part.

cefm: I loved the reaction: He didn't celebrate at all, just went back to his spot. He was probably thinking "damn, that's gotta suck for the other keeper".

That's because Tim Howard is gangsta.

blakeosage: Nah, Fulham just has Dempsey. Everton now has Howard, and Donovan.

Rangers have Bedoya, Bocanegra, and Edu...

czetie: Adolf Oliver Nipples: I know next to nothing about soccer, but because I played in high school I still think I know more than both top-flight professional goalkeepers, the TV commentator, and the analyst.

FTFY.

If you actually paid attention to the video and accompanying commentary, you'd know exactly how that happened, so I'm not going to waste my time repeating it for you here.

Blablabla. That was an absolutely awful performance. Period.

You know, there's a reason that it's only happened four times in EPL history.

Purple_Jack: He looks remarkably underwhelmed by the whole thing.

Reminds me a bit of Dirk Nowitzki after the Mavericks won the NBA finals last year. You know what he did then? You know what that cocky motherfarker did after his team won the NBA finals? He...

...went back to the locker room. That was pretty much it.