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I wasn't impressed with ty osbourne...why do you think he qualifies as one of the top goalies

well, he was better than any of the other keepers in the tournament from what i saw. But I'm sure we didn't see him at the same game. His one weak moment that I saw was the goal against Daniel, just didn't get up quick enough to make the second save.

I believe the position of keeper is the most important position on the field. Although the keeper doesn't score, he determines the score. A goal keeper has the game riding on his shoulders every time a player takes a shot. I also believe it takes great athletic ability and talent. Any keeper is a good keeper.

Absolutely wrong. Any keeper may be admirable, but not necessarily good.

Any keeper is/can be a good keeper. You can't down a player if he's on the field giving his best for his team. A keeper is obviously better than anyone else in his school if he's out on the field correct? Thus making him good. Your standards need adjustment.

I have always thought of a keeper as a pitcher/quarterback in other sports. The keeper is the player who receives most of the scrutiny in both high and low scoring games. Also its not always the case in high school but the keeper in other levels of ball adjusts where and who other players mark. Its a very important position and I think anyone who in high school is willing to put themselves under this pressure deserves respect.

Goalkeeping may as well determine every game rather than the play on the field. It takes alot of fast decision-making that takes alot of experience to do every thing right. Goalkeepers seem like the leaders of each team, they can swing the game which ever way at crucial moments just by giving the slightest touch to the ball.

Also keepers get their team's hopes up, like if your a field player and you see your keeper save an almost-certain goal, obviously that would make the game easier on you and get your spirits high. I agree like the posts before me, goalkeepers are great only when they give the game every thing they've got.

I would, though, say there are many good keepers this year, hard to choose from them which is the best. Stats don't always show who is better.

90 your reasoning is a bit ridiculous. you're telling me that even though i have never played keeper before in my life, if i play keeper for my school because say our starter got hurt then i automatically become a great keeper? By your reasoning any starter at any school is considered good just because he is "obviously better than anyone else in his school" at that particular position.

Buffon any player can swing a game one way or the other at a crucial moment. True, a goalkeeper can have a large effect on a team's results and spirits, but i think you're giving all keepers a little too much credit. Some goalkeepers for good teams may only see 3 or 4 shots per game.

What I'm trying to say is that goalkeepers take some credit, but not more than they deserve. Usually a goalkeeper has more credit than one man on the field because of the importance of good goalkeeping. Field players do swing games more often than keepers, but a single field player usually doesn't change the game as much as the man in the goal. Its the team as a whole that determines whether they are winners or not, so the keeper doesn't take all the credit.

Also I agree with the amount of shots per game on a keeper thats on a GOOD team, but when playing against a hard, ranked team he or she playing the keeper might find it a bit harder than regular games, but saving shots isn't all what a keeper is about. Not to mention, when back in the net, one mistake could mean a goal. So basically for 90 minutes, the pressure is on.

Something I've heard, mostly in other american sports like football and basketball; "Offense wins games, but defence wins championships." And guess who the leader of the defence in soccer usually is or should be.

I think George Rushe might have put himself at the top with his performance tonight