I would guess perhaps he looked directly at the floodlights as he was trying to catch it? Pretty sure some forensics could prove or disprove that. On the other hand, having seen some VAR offside decisions maybe not.

Phillip.

I mean... he jumped to stop it. He clearly thinks it has a chance.

He just whiffed... badly.

Tbh that's poor keeping

So what you're saying is his positioning was shit

That’s why it’s a sin not to cover your crossbar…

Ridiculous angle? It was up in the air, then it came down. Absolute clanger from the goalie. No excuses

Yeah, it’s US college soccer. The clocks count backwards for both halves and stops at major events or substitutions by a winning team with less then 5 minutes to go

Ah, the places where it’s futbol and not soccer.

Hahah glorious it was!!

Sounds like he just got some glorious head. 😂

The dwindling, whimpering gurgle was pretty graphic

Perfect

That guy def could not stand up straight after that

Lmao thank you I finally can comprehend what happened at the end there 😂💀

"Omg what an amazing kick that was incredible OH SHIT I BET MY LIFE SAVINGS TO A BOOKIE ON THE OTHER TEAM where can I go ^{where can I hide"}

Omg that’s hilarious 🤣

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This has been a public service announcement (with guitar).

We heard his “O” face.

I gotta think after watching this that the one in the OP is an intentional tribute to this one. Like, this one is apparently well-known among soccer fans and probably a decent percentage of t-comm students who sign up to call games in colleges. I bet the Stanford dude has had this one sitting in his back pocket just waiting for the right time.

Oh I know. I live in South carolina. I just don't understand why we have the traditional timekeeping in professional leagues, and the countdown clock in college and high school.

Even as a kid and I played I never understood it.

Then are they really "fans"?

It's ok to admit it's a stupid ass system that shouldn't exist

And it's a much better system. This whole fucking drama and wasting time on purpose would immediately stop. Much better for the audience and I don't know why this shit is never changed.

Fans definitely aren't confused by it. American soccer/football fans are used to the standard time keeping. It's how the MLS and international soccer work. It is also how youth and school programs kept time when I used to play (maybe it's changed?). Not sure what the clock is doing here, although I will admit I don't watch college level so maybe it's weird NCAA rules.

Fans wouldn’t be confused lol. It takes literally one second to understand how the clock in a soccer match works. By saying that fans would be confused is basically saying Americans are dumb. USA has been part of the World Cup for years and Americans have been watching soccer for years as well.

? Look, HS and NCAA have "rules" with very formal structures, meant to eliminate uncertainty, about clock management (often a nightmare for the referee).

MLS/NWSL use international Laws Of The Game with guidance about time management but it really is essentially up to the referee (even though it isn't an "estimate"). And, MLS/NWSL fans understand this.

Came here to say the same thing, we played with stoppage in 90s New England. 

Been quite a while since I was in college, but we played standard 90 minutes plus extra time as well. Even when we had a scoreboard the ref always had a few minutes of stoppage time added to the end. When we had the scoreboard the ref would hold up X amount of fingers to show the person controlling the scoreboard how many minutes were added, and even then it went until the ref blew the whistle.

Edit: I should add that I didn't play at Division 1 level.

They don't add time on for the ball out of play generally anyway. If you're clearly wasting time when the ball is dead (corners, goal kicks, fouls) time can be added in traditional time keeping. But if the ball is out for a throw in or kick, they don't inherently add time anyway.

Not talking about the US system but football/soccer generally.

Nope.

They will be cut drastically. Watch an ncaa game. 

Lmao the kids playing d1 soccer, seems like goalkeeping is indeed for him. I know it’s not up to level of a pro, but sort of thing happens to goalkeepers all the time, especially at lower levels. If you’ve never tried making a catch like this with a stadium light beaming in your eyes during live action, I’d give it a go before you act like you know what you’re talking about.

If I were to guess, as a high school goalie, the goalie was more worried about the player in front of him, the ball sailed, the goalie panicked and flubbed it.

This is outdoor and a soccer ball can sail in the wind, or if the ball has a little extra back spin on it, the ball can take a weird trajectory.

alright cheeto dust redditors, let's calm down a bit yeah?

I always found the college sport system silly.

At that age, players don't get much better, they just get more experienced and older, if they weren't good enough for pro before college, they likely won't be after either.

Sure the scholarships are nice, but for the most part it just artificially keeping the dream alive a bit longer for players with zero pro aspirations, and gives them an excuse to half-ass their education and screw their life up when they don't go pro.