Hunter Gilstrap: The Kenny Powers of Soccer?

Hunter Gilstrap (not pictured) sure knows how to make an exit. Because when he leaves a football club he does so by showing the fans his middle finger. From what I can tell, he’s basically the Kenny Powers (NSFW) of soccer.

Gilstrap was playing for South African Premier Soccer League outfit Maritzburg United. Emphasis on the was. Because Gilstrap was apparently dreadful between the sticks in Maritzburg’s 5-2 defeat to Lamontville Golden Arrows on February 12th 2009, dreadful enough for the club to hold a hearing into his performance and charge him with not putting in enough effort.

Worse – so much worse – Gilstrap finished the game by giving Maritzburg fans the middle finger and then disappearing.

Maritzburg set up a disciplinary meeting for Gilstrap to discuss his poor performance and hand gestures, but the keeper was A.W.O.L.

He finally contacted the club last week. From back home in America:

“I received an e-mail from Hunter, who said he was back in America,” United chairman Farouk Kadodia said at the end of last week.

“He indicated that he just could not stay for the hearing, and needed to get back to his home country.”

Gilstrap, who had an open ticket to return to the U.S. given to him by United, still has a year-and-a-half left on his contract with the PMB team.

“Hunter said [in his e-mail] that he was not aware that he needs an international transfer clearance to join another team, and asked if we could supply it,” Kadodia said. “We have referred the matter to Safa and said if any club wants to sign Gilstrap on then we will be willing to negotiate a fee.”

Let the bidding war commence?

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