WATCH: Goalkeeper tackles striker like a wrestler

The goalkeeper was prepared to stop a striker from scoring a goal at all costs.


The goalkeeper charged from her goalposts towards the striker, who had managed to outrun the rival team’s defenders, and instead of going for the ball, she took out the player.

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The striker managed to get the ball past the advancing goal minder, but she was tackled like a wrestler.

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The video was taken last year in North Carolina, US, at a high school soccer match between the Pinecrest and Pine Forest women’s soccer teams.

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