Found the clip, queued up to the moment.

Lindahl’s save was really excellent. The bulk of work on this article was done before that game and it was already running long. It’s just not realistic to cover everything in every piece. It’s obviously possible to make saves without leaving the line early but: 1) It makes it even harder than it has traditionally… Read more

Reviewing these retroactively for only one foot on the line, with older footage and not lot of great camera angles was pretty difficult in most cases. Kahn’s trailing leg was close on all three, but if we’re doing this nearly doesn’t cut it. Without a better angle it’s impossible to be sure, and his second save you…

Thank you. That was my error, and it’s been updated. Apologies. Read more

You’re absolutely right and that’s my error. Working on getting it updated. Read more

That was my error during editing, and unintentional. Thank you, it’s been fixed. Read more

Just to be clear on this: Read more

That’s my mistake. Updated, thank you. Read more

It’s not. You can absolutely argue whether or not things should be changed so that it is--I don’t like that defenses have to try to figure out who is live and who is not, and which to guard--but as the rules are currently written and interpreted this happens constantly and is never offsides, technically or otherwise. Read more

Oh my god, I had never heard this, but the place the ball jumps is right there in the corner of the six yard box. That is incredible. Read more

If you’re referring to this moment, Salah is the only Liverpool player who makes any move to play the ball, which is not aimed near where any of them are standing. This sort of thing happens multiple times per game, and under the current rules is never interpreted as offsides.

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This is very good Kinja. Being gangly (and not ever a good keeper), I always made a bunch of saves with my legs, but went on a really similar path playing more indoor and 7 v 7 as I got older, and slowly learning more about the technique and realizing the usefulness for full 11 v 11 applications. Read more

You’re commenting on an article that explains that many of these techniques don’t have to be improvised, because they can be coached and drilled to make them more effective, and references an article with UK goalkeeping coach interviews saying that these moves have often not been considered textbook and many coaches… Read more

Yes, there are people who frown on keepers using their legs, and plenty of coaches who don’t actively teach the techniques. Read more

His hair is glorious. I’m not finding a ton of good kick save footage of him, but here’s a really nice one (at around 3:40) to deal with a deflection at the near post, when his momentum is going the other way.

I think trying trying to categorize the style for an entire country can be pretty reductive, but that’s a good question as far as our national teams go. The USWNT is definitely doing some specific things under the 4-3-3 that Jill Ellis prefers running. As far as what Gregg Berhalter will do, Kim McCauley wrote a good… Read more

When the Crew turned down the previous offer from Bristol, ESPN did nice quick rundown of the UK work permit rules in play here: Read more

This is a good point that I didn’t really have space to dig into. Besides Keller and Guzan, Friedel going from the Crew to Liverpool, and Howard going from the Metrostars to Man United are probably more apt comparisons. And those two actually saw playing time with those teams. Read more

If they’re ruined, they’re ruined already. Analytics just explain how. Read more