The Play: Pro soccer players talk shop

Opara walks us through his overhead kick goal

06.29.2017 - By Howler MagazinePlay

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When you score on a bicycle kick, you get an invite onto the show. Ike Opara of Sporting Kansas City saw the ball rise into the air toward the goal, turned his body, and volleyed an overhead kick into the back of the net against LA Galaxy. It's the kind of play that's nearly impossible to describe. The only person who can do it justice is the person who performed it. Opara joins host Bobby Warshaw to break down his magical moment. What goes through a player's mind to decide he should try a bicycle kick? How does he get his body to go for it? From a general standpoint, Warshaw and Opara discuss set pieces and how to defend the second ball back into the box. Later in the show, Opara and Warshaw talk about achieving happiness, and how it impacts one's career. 

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