Watch: Local college soccer team scores goal just 6 seconds into match

There are still plenty of holdouts who believe soccer is boring. Augsburg's Christian Metzger offers this amazing goal as a rebuttal.

October 17, 2017 at 6:41PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

For all the space soccer has carved out as a mainstream sport in the United States, there are still plenty of holdouts clinging to worn-out cliches about how soccer is boring and that there isn't enough scoring.

To those people, Division III Augsburg's Christian Metzger has this response: A goal he scored just six seconds into the Auggies' match Monday against Martin Luther.

Two teammates lightly touched the ball to start the match before Metzger blasted a shot from midfield that caught the Martin Luther keeper off guard and too far out of his net. The ball sailed in untouched for a 1-0 lead in an eventual 6-0 victory.

But don't take my word for it. Here is the video of the perfectly placed shot:

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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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