Soccer

Even though my son played soccer his senior year of high school...you could put what I know about the game on a post-it note. Fortunately for me, he was the goalie so it was pretty obvious when he "did good"!

But, even I know enough to know that this is a pretty incredible kick...



From the Yahoo! Sports Blog: Down 3-1 to Hillsboro at halftime, the Wilmington girls soccer team seemed destined to fall to 2-6, all but eliminating them from postseason contention. But Wilmington star Lauren Lewis wasn't done yet, adding two second half goals as Wilmington's defense stiffened, pushing the game towards a tie with the final seconds ticking away.

That's when Wilmington somehow won a free kick on a penalty just over the Hillsboro side of the field. Without time to think, Amina Affini lined up a 40-yard free kick and gave the ball a boot ... and watched it sail in untouched, slipping above Hillsboro's goalie, who couldn't adjust her positioning from the ball's trajectory in time to keep it out.

The shot hit the back of the net with just 5.4 seconds left, leaving only a kick off and subsequent long ball back to Wilmington's own keeper to salt away an incredibly unlikely victory.

Way to go girls!