Women soccer - goalkeeper goes to pop concert. Team loses 50-1

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Belgian women soccer team loses 50-1

Belgian women's soccer team SK Berlaar had to stomach a 50-1 defeat against rival KV Mechelen on Saturday because their goalkeeper had opted to attend a music concert instead, a local newspaper said.

"Our keeper went to Pukkel Pop. That's why," substitute goalkeeper Charlotte Jacobs told Het Laatste Nieuws daily on Monday.

KV Mechelen scored their first goal after only four seconds.

"At half-time the score was 27-0. But after half-time we were able to recover. We had to stomach only 23 goals and we scored once ourselves, right at the end. They allowed us to score. That was sweet of them," Jacobs added.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-08-22T081441Z_01_KNE229629_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-SOCCER-BELGIUM-ODD.XML

[tk2kewl]

1. did they just play with an open net?

:shrug:

[gmoney]

2. The rest of the team must suck, too...

50 shots on goal seems awfully high for one game... I don't know much about soccer, but every time I've watched, it seems like HOURS go by without ANY shots on goal that the actual goalie fields.

[musiclawyer]

3. I know soccer, and yes, that team must have sucked

When you see scores like that in soccer that means that there was a dramatic disparity in talent level. The regular goalies's presence would hardly have made a difference. Shame on the coach for targeting only the absent goalie. BTW. The opposing coach should be disciplined for running up the score. At least he could have played down woman or two.

[edbermac]

4. Who was the goaltender? Stevie Wonder?