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TORONTO — Soccer players are usually up for a challenge after training, lining up to try and hit the woodwork from distance or bend a corner directly into the goal.
Toronto FC midfielder Victor Vazquez raised the bar Friday when it comes to party tricks.
The Spanish playmaker left the pitch, with several balls, and positioned himself on the sidewalk behind the protective netting that stretches several storeys above the goal. Vazquez punted the ball high in the air and over the netting. Then, like a golfer looking to stick the ball on the green, he watched as the ball bounced off the grass and spun back into the net.
“The wind helped,” he said with a smile.