This Hardly Ever Worked...

This hardly never worked for my soccer team when I was younger. It was more of a sign for the other team and a mental sign for ourselves that the game was never over, and to never quit.

But the chances of the goalkeeper actually helping to score a goal, let alone scoring a goal, at the end of the game were slim to none. It was not like hockey where pulling a goalie at the end of the game could actually provide a threat; it was more fun for the opposing team to take a shot at an open goal.

I remember seeing a goalie pulled from the goal and watching all the players' eyes open wide as they knew they could kick the ball as far as possible to an open net at a chance to score. It was a novelty that other teams look at as a fun opportunity, rather than a threat.

I do not know, maybe times have changed...