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Japanese HS soccer team scores on free kick that looks more like a Broadway musical number

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

East Fukuoka High School are winners. It also appears they had seven years of jazz ballet and eight years of tap. This free kick routine is like something out of a musical, even if it wasn’t super effective. For all the theatrics and choreography it ended up being a pretty standard free kick that went in. Heck, the keeper wasn’t even distracted by the antics. That said: It worked and this is beautiful.

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