Matt Turner started playing soccer at 14, walked onto the Fairfield University team, survived a viral gaffe, and worked his way to starting for the USMNT.
Nine years ago, Matt Turner gained viral notoriety for a gaffe against Iona as a walk-on goalkeeper at Fairfield University.
“I think it’s a crazy story, where he started, how late he started as a goalkeeper, the setbacks along the way that he experienced,” Fairfield men’s soccer coach Carl Rees said Thursday in a phone interview. “[But] quite honestly, it’s not crazy to me to see him doing what he’s doing. Instead of letting the play define him, Turner went back to work and then took off. He became Fairfield’s starting goalie for his junior and senior seasons, including leading the nation in shutout percentage by putting up zeroes in 72 percent of the games he played. “I think it’s his drive, it’s his commitment to his goals, and his self-belief as well, in spite of the one snafu at Iona, shows the character of the guy,” Rees said. “That’s why I’m not surprised.
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