[Nan3cy]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=14029.msg147721#msg147721 date=1449898800]

I feel for the Akron kid a little bit, but not too much.

BC

I'm sure it's tough on the losing side no matter what, but I have to think that the goalies must expect to miss a few.  It might be tougher to miss as a kicker (striker, whatever) who misses on an open side of the goal, as players on both sides did tonight, particularly the Akron player who hit the post on the open side in round 7 or so.
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I think you're right for goalies with this level of experience. But I just thought of my kid in his first year of AYSO, on a team that made the second day of the playoffs, being put in goal toward the end of the game when the usual goalie was hurt. My guy had played goalie before, but *very* little. He'd been in goal for about five minutes when there was a penalty kick from right in front of him. Of course he didn't get it, and of course he felt responsible. Fortunately his coach was a good guy who knew how to buck up a very distressed eight-year-old.

[Nan3cy]

[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=14029.msg147721#msg147721 date=1449898800]

I feel for the Akron kid a little bit, but not too much.

BC

I'm sure it's tough on the losing side no matter what, but I have to think that the goalies must expect to miss a few.  It might be tougher to miss as a kicker (striker, whatever) who misses on an open side of the goal, as players on both sides did tonight, particularly the Akron player who hit the post on the open side in round 7 or so.
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I think you're right for goalies with this level of experience. But I just thought of my kid in his first year of AYSO, on a team that made the second day of the playoffs, being put in goal toward the end of the game when the usual goalie was hurt. My guy had played goalie before, but *very* little. He'd been in goal for about five minutes when there was a penalty kick from right in front of him. Of course he didn't get it, and of course he felt responsible. Fortunately his coach was a good guy who knew how to buck up a very distressed eight-year-old.