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A soccer goal on a header from beyond midfield? Yes, with the video to prove it

Good times.

November 1, 2011 at 7:39PM

We saw this on Deadspin earlier today and we knew we just had to have it. The note on the video says the goal on a header came from 58.6 meters out, which is a shade over 64 yards. That makes it longer than the longest field goal ever made in NFL history. Amazingly, per that link, the longest field goal in high school football history is longer than that. In any event, the video:

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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