This was hilarious. Folks will be talking about this for YEARS!
Gets my vote for miss of the decade. The century is too early to
call.
On Apr 27, 2010, at 12:11 AM, Keith Johnson wrote:
Funny, looks like a young kid trying to learn to kick a ball. Even
world class athletes make silly mistakes...
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http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/sow_experts/post/The-latest-
worst-miss-ever?urn=sow,236778
Shocking misses can happen to anyone at any time, but the latest
footballer to suffer international embarrassment by not scoring a
goal he really, really should have is Kansas City Wizards striker
Kei Kamara.
In Saturday's MLS match against the Los Angeles Galaxy, Kamara
found himself right in front of an open net with the ball mere
inches from the goal. He was a little too eager to tap it in,
though, and ended up falling on his rear end as he stretched to
kick the ball in for the easy goal before knocking it in with his
hand. He was quickly called for a handball and the game went on to
end in a 0-0 draw.
After the match, Galaxy defender Gregg Berhalter still couldn't
believe it:
"It was one of the most unbelievable things I've seen in soccer.
"It was unfortunate for Kamara but it was a handball and credit the
linesman for seeing it."
Video of the miss has already spread far and wide. The Sun is
calling it "a contender for miss of the century," but there are
quite a few in the mix for that crown. Back in January, we featured
another open net shocker from a bit farther out, then there was the
now famous Rocky Baptiste's from December, but I think this miss
from Dinamo Zagreb's Ilija Sivonjic last October might be even
worse than Kamara's...
