But en 4 secondes!!

[Corbin]

World record? Canadian scores goal four seconds into soccer
match
By Neil Davidson
The Canadian Press


Thanks to quick-thinking Kara Lang, Canadian soccer may be about
to enter the record books.
The 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored just four seconds
into Canada's 3-2 win over Mexico on Sunday in a CONCACAF world
under-20 qualifying tournament in Veracruz, Mexico.
Jodi-Ann Robinson tapped the ball to Lang at the opening kickoff
and Lang hoofed it 50 yards down the field -- and over the Mexican
goalie's head.
"Before the game I just said to her `If you see the goalkeeper
off her line, try a shot,"' Canadian coach Ian Bridge said Thursday
from Veracruz. "I know she can shoot that far. It's just a case of
hitting the target.
"And I remember very clearly that the goalie was standing about
the penalty spot. And I could see the way she (Lang) was shaping up
at the kickoff, that she knew exactly what she was going to do."
Bridge said he initially thought the ball was going to go over,
only to see it drop in.
"It's nice to have a lead after four seconds," he said with a
chuckle.
The strategy is "something I would tell every player on every
kickoff. Where's the goalkeeper?" Bridge said.
Lang, a star freshman at UCLA last season who debuted for the
full Canadian team at age 15, is blessed with a myriad soccer skills
including a howitzer-like leg. She has hammered home a few
long-range efforts in her 23 goals for the senior national team and
12 for the under-20 side. But none quite like this.
Kevan Pipe, COO of the Canadian Soccer Association, said Thursday
in Toronto that the CSA has asked FIFA whether four seconds is a
world record for an international.
A goal at the 11-second mark by Turkey's Hakan Sukur -- against
South Korea in 2002 -- is the fastest in World Cup play.
Even faster was a goal seven seconds into a 1993 World Cup
qualifier between England and San Marino. Unbelievably, the goal was
scored by San Marino's David Gaultieri although England rallied to
win 7-1.
There have been reports of faster goals at the club level,
including one after 21/2 seconds in a non-league match cited as a
world record by England's Football Association.
The goal was scored the same way Lang did.
"The fastest goal that the FA is aware of is one scored after
2.5 seconds, claimed by Marc Burrows, playing for Cowes Sports
Reserves against Eastleigh Reserves at Eastleigh on April 3, 2004,"
the FA says on its website. "This claim is supported by the
referee, John Sorrell.
"It is normal to use the word `claimed' when there is no filmed
evidence. The FA knows of two goals scored after four seconds that
were captured on film. Two-point-five seconds may not seem long
enough to complete the manoeuvre described by the referee in his
report -- but we appreciate that there was an exceptionally strong
wind."
Quoted in the FA website, Burrows said: "The wind was strong and
the ball just sailed over their poor `keeper. I was so stunned I
didn't really celebrate. I just put my arms in the air and burst out
laughing."
"I have tried something similar once or twice," he added, "but
it normally goes out for a throw-in and I feel like a right prat."
In September 2003, Canadian Dwayne DeRosario scored the fastest
goal in MLS history, connecting for the San Jose Earthquakes after
just 11 seconds against Dallas.
The Canadian women wrap up the under-20 tournament against the
U.S. in the final Friday. Both teams have already qualified for the
world under-20 championships in Russia this summer, but the CONCACAF
champion will be rewarded with a more favourable draw.

[Daniel]

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