To understand the absurdity of this shot, I turn to Google for the official definition of the word ‘goalie’:

Goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper – noun, the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.

As you can see from this succinct, yet accurate definition, there is no mention of a goalie being an offensive player that should aim for the opposing team’s net whenever kicking/throwing the ball back into play. That’s for a good reason too, because a goalie should always remain on defense and never leave the vicinity of his/her own team’s net.

Goalies have one important role on the team: preventing the opposing team from scoring. Anything and everything else they do is purely accidental, as far as Google and I are concerned.

Case in point: this LSU goalie rocket-kicking the ball across the field to score a nigh-impossible goal. There’s no way on God’s green Earth that she intended to get it in the net, but yet, she did.

Accident or not, the shot was wholly impressive. However, I would argue that, perhaps, not as impressive as the accompanying, vicious blow struck to the opposing team’s collective ego.