On January 4, 2012, soccer player Tim Howard became the first goalie in English Premier League history to score from his own penalty area. He kicked the ball downfield, from his own box, to about 30 yards from the net. The ball then bounced over Adam Bogdan, the opposing goalkeeper and into the goal.

You can see the amazing <a title="Tim_Howard_goalie_scores" href="http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/premierleague/story/Everton-united-states-goalkeeper-tim-howard-makes-premier-league-history-with-goal-010412" target="_blank">film footage here</a>.

I've watched that clip five times now, and laughed and remembered the afternoon, 17 years ago, when our son Jonathan, then six years old, accomplished the same feat.

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