It is so often the way with goalkeepers — 90 minutes of relative inactivity, one big moment, then a whole lot of judgement.
For Matt Turner, that’s what came deep into added time at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday, when Panama took their only shot on target all game — from the right side of the penalty area, drilled to the bottom left corner; Turner, who had taken position to the right of his goal, could not get his gloves to it.
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“That ball can’t end up in the back of the net,” lamented former USMNT goalkeeper-turned-pundit Tony Meola.
Then, not long after the end of the home side’s 1-0
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