Comments on: The Best Backheel Goals http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-best-backheel-goals.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:53:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lucas http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-best-backheel-goals.html#comment-46359 Lucas Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-best-backheel-goals.html#comment-46359 The game is tied 1-1 in the 77th minute. Timber Jim is on the dugout with his recently orphaned granddaughter Keianna, leading the Timbers Army in "You Are My Sunshine" for the first time, and this happens: http://www.soccercityusa.com/timbers/mil082904-3s.mov Timbers win, go top of the table, and a mythology is born. The quality of the goal is not as high as the ones in that video, and the goal scorer, Fadi Afash, may be in prison right now for swindling two old people out of $125K (http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?base/news/116926351026560.xml&coll=7), but this gets my vote as most amazing backheel goal ever. The game is tied 1-1 in the 77th minute. Timber Jim is on the dugout with his recently orphaned granddaughter Keianna, leading the Timbers Army in “You Are My Sunshine” for the first time, and this happens:

http://www.soccercityusa.com/timbers/mil082904-3s.mov

Timbers win, go top of the table, and a mythology is born. The quality of the goal is not as high as the ones in that video, and the goal scorer, Fadi Afash, may be in prison right now for swindling two old people out of $125K (http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?base/news/116926351026560.xml&coll=7), but this gets my vote as most amazing backheel goal ever.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-best-backheel-goals.html#comment-46342 Laurie Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:26:16 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-best-backheel-goals.html#comment-46342 I'm talking about the headline, obviously. I see you follow the law with a vengeance in the actual post. I’m talking about the headline, obviously. I see you follow the law with a vengeance in the actual post.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-best-backheel-goals.html#comment-46341 Laurie Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:25:27 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-best-backheel-goals.html#comment-46341 No, no, no. Didn't we go over this last week? You must ALWAYS use the word "cheeky" whenever you use the word "backheel"! Any other usage violates soccer blogging law. No, no, no. Didn’t we go over this last week? You must ALWAYS use the word “cheeky” whenever you use the word “backheel”! Any other usage violates soccer blogging law.

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