Matt Turner 7 Powerful Facts About America’s Star Goalkeeper
Not every World Cup-bound goalkeeper grew up playing baseball and basketball instead of soccer. Matt Turner did exactly that, and his path from a late introduction to the sport at age fourteen to anchoring the net for the United States national team reads unlike almost any other story in modern American soccer. He went undrafted out of college, ground through lower-league loans for next to no recognition, and eventually transformed himself into a genuine starting goalkeeper at the top level…