FCD Gonzalez

Sometimes That Spotlight Burns

I love this kid...he's a star being born before our eyes. But like so many precocious young stars, he's flawed, and it showed on the biggest stage this fall. The great news is that if he's coachable and determined to learn (and it's very reasonable to expect he is; how else did he achieve so much so young?!) nothing noted in this space is of any real concern as it's all eminently fixable.

However....Jesse Gonzalez does prove the point that athleticism is not nearly sufficient to be a GK. The old saw of putting the team's best athlete in goal is a recipe for disaster.