Friday’s match between the San Jose Earthquakes and FC Dallas ended in a 1-1 draw with both goals being scored in the second half. There was an opportunity for FC Dallas to score in the first half, but instead it ended in a lowlight for Cristian Colman:
This MLS play is a beautiful disaster in three acts


Let’s break down what happened here in three acts:
1. San Jose’s Florian Jungwirth tried hard to defend the net but kinda whiffed on making contact with the ball:
2. Goalkeeper David Bingham’s arms weren’t long enough to stop the ball ... :
3. ... which left Colson basically with an open net. But the ball was moving too fast, so instead of letting it roll out of bounds, he stumbled into sadness:
This play gave soccer fans an opportunity to clown on Major League Soccer:
But also clown on themselves:
Is the GIF representative of what MLS is like as a whole? Maybe not; maybe the reaction is an exaggeration due to most soccer fans being accustomed to watching more prestigious leagues like the Premier League and La Liga. Is it still a sad GIF to watch, though? Yes, it is.
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