Has Freese explained his brain fart ground kick in a statement?

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Just boot it to the other end under every single circumstance.

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Yeah this is not a time for being big-brained

Even peak-Neuer playing SK would have booted that ball and not tried to play out of the back

Right

If anyone is even remotely near you have to send that to the other end or 20 rows up into the stands.

I’ve seen a couple other keepers get pressure, but they either cleared it immediately or knew exactly where the pass needed to go.

Freese melted down and did what you never, ever, EVER do as a keeper. He tried to pass it backwards, towards his own goal.

Just fricking kick it anywhere, in any direction . Even backwards and concede the corner

All the Harvard-educated proprietary goalie analytics couldn't stop his leg from Freese-ing in the biggest moment of his career.

If not he needs to soon! He needs to swallow the humiliation he earned! We all hate him

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We still had over 30 minutes left in the game when that happened. We had all the time in the world to fight back in front of our home crowd, down one.

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And had them on their heels defensively. We were probing and making headway. Team was starting to play with confidence, Pulisic gets hurt, Freese brain fart...whole stadium gave up, including most of the 26 with the crest on their chest. The next time I thought they might fight back was when Berhalter said F it and missed by inches. That sequence is the difference in that game being an embarrassment and being something that would have been a sense of pride, whether because they fought to the end against a superior side, or overcame a slow first half to find a way to advance. Kick it out, get Pulisic off, we find the equalizer and this is a game where UEFA and the RBFA are still complaining this morning instead of laughing at us.

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Even peak-Neuer playing SK would have booted that ball and not tried to play out of the back

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But, I don't even think that encapsulates it all.

He managed to put himself in a position to boot it. He cocked the leg and then...what? WTF happened?

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He hesitated, I'm assuming being big-brained, thinking he had to pass it out of the back. It certainly appeared the initial instincts were to boot it

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He didn't hesitate. He stopped.

You think he (obviously wrongly) intentionally decided not to boot it and instead play it backwards?

Or, did his body just freeze up?

I honestly don't know. It looks to me like his body froze up completely...and then he panicked and tried to send it backwards.

Freese shouldn’t be allowed to play soccer ever again and I’m not even kidding. Dude needs to hang up his cleats and call it a day with his career. That was easily one of the most humiliating and pathetic plays I’ve seen in years.

I’m not hating on the guy personally because I’m sure he’s a good guy, but there’s just no way you can defend something so embarrassing as to what he did. An error like that at the WC level is just inexcusable.