Area soccer participant makes ridiculous one-handed landing catch leaving coaches, teammates baffled

The NFL could also be in its offseason, however a number of soccer leagues are in full swing, together with the Indoor Soccer League the place a ridiculous landing catch was made by a member of the Massachusetts Pirates over the weekend. 

The Pirates defeated the Sioux Falls Storm, 49-41, this previous Friday, and the unimaginable efforts of broad receiver Thomas Owens helped decide up Massachusetts’ third win of the season. 

Quarterback Ale Bennifield dropped again to cross within the first quarter and lofted a ball to the again proper of the top zone. That’s the place Owens was streaking to with a defender from Sioux Falls draped throughout him. 

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However that was irrespective of for Owens, who reached throughout his physique with only one arm and snagged the ball as he slammed into the pads which might be discovered across the area soccer area. 

His coaches and teammates couldn’t imagine their eyes after the catch made it 14-9.

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“I’ve seen a whole lot of catches in my day, and that’s within the high ten for greatest catches I’ve ever seen,” offensive coordinator and broad receivers coach Bones Bagaunte stated, through a Pirates press launch. 

“On the final minute, I seen the ball within the air…I attempted to leap earlier than the defender may leap to kinda get a bonus of excessive level of the ball and once I went up and I grabbed it as soon as I had it,” Owens stated after the sport, the place he had three catches for 30 yards and one other landing. “It was principally ball recreation that’s kinda how that play went…from there, it was a celebration after that trigger I helped my group.”  

The play went viral on social media, and ended up on ESPN SportCenter’s traditional “High 10 Performs” the place it was No. 1 on the checklist for the day. 

Owens signed with the Seattle Seahawks in 2018 after popping out of Florida Worldwide College, the place he earned Convention USA first-team honors. He’s now in his fourth season with the Pirates. 

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So, whereas NFL gamers relaxation up and stay up for the Draft later this month, leagues just like the Indoor Soccer League and United Soccer League are already making highlight-reel performs for followers to take pleasure in. 

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