The Seattle Sounders F.C. blog with Libby Denkmann
Updated Oct 29, 2009 - 9:48 pm
Keller coming up big in first MLS playoff
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E-mail thisAround the 57th minute of this match and Kasey Keller makes a brilliant save, diving far to his left and tapping a bouncing shot wide of the net with his right arm extended to the fullest. Dangerous look from Brad Davis, great form on the dive from Keller.
Soon after, Keller at the top of the box getting ready to throw, but a Dynamo midfielder runs into the Sounders keeper, knocking the ball out of his hands. Interference foul rightly called by Salazar.
A few minutes after, Nate Jaqua taking the ball up the middle, Montero covered by two guys at the top of the box, brilliant turn using the momentum of the ball, then, facing a one-on-one with keeper Onstad, knocks a shot just wide to the left of the goal. Disappointing but great setup by both Jaqua and Montero.
***Substitution: Roger Levesque is on for Fredy Montero in the 64th minute.
I'm a longtime soccer player and fan. My career started
with the Audubon Owls, the meanest group of 1st graders
ever to play 'small side' ball (6 v. 6 players on the
field). We won every game (who kept score?) and ate orange
slices at half time. I was hooked immediately.
Somewhere along the line I was drafted as a goalkeeper--a
sure sign of crazyness. The pressure felt by keepers is
intense. In mere seconds you can become the hero or the
goat of the entire match. But for me, nothing was more
rewarding than launching myself across the goal and feeling
the thrill of a big save.
After years of local recreational, high school, and select
club play, I'm excited to learn and fall in love with our
new MLS side along with the rest of the Pacific Northwest.
Before long, we'll all be bleeding neon-green and blue.
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