SYDNEY : Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold surely won a legion of fans with her steely-eyed heroics in Saturday's quarter-final penalty shootout victory at the Women's World Cup.Once the target of criticism in the women's game, goalkeepers have been show-stoppers Down Under with umpteen theatrical gam
SYDNEY : Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold surely won a legion of fans with her steely-eyed heroics in Saturday's quarter-final penalty shootout victory at the Women's World Cup.
Calling it the"craziest game" she had ever played in, the 29-year-old West Ham keeper had to stop Kenza Dali's spot-kick twice after the referee whistled Arnold had moved off her line. Netherlands coach Andries Jonker was full of praise for Daphne van Domselaar after the Aston Villa keeper's string of saves against South Africa helped secure the Dutch a spot in the quarter-finals.
Nadine Angerer, who kept goal for Germany in their World Cup triumphs of 2003 and 2007, said there were clear signs of improved goal-keeping standards. Forty-six percent of teams have kept a clean sheet in a game, up from 33 per cent from four years ago. And save percentages with the hands have risen from 74 per cent to 78 per cent despite there being more attempts at goal from within the penalty area.
"I personally love to see when goalkeepers are doing well," Earps said."Obviously, we talk about the 'goalkeeper union' and that's something that might be a bit of a cliche, but it's really, really true.
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