YouTube Review: Tim Howard - Onward

Tim Howard -  Onward

Who’s Tim Howard

Tim Howard was born on March 6th 1979. Tim lived in North Brunswick, New Jersey in a tiny apartment with his older brother Chris and his mother Esther Howard, but not his dad because his parents got in a divorce when he was three. Tim was one of the tallest kids in his town. His family was very poor; his mother had to work two jobs. If Tim ever was in a fight or trouble his brother Chris would get him out of it. Every day he would play soccer and basketball with his friends and brother . His  soccer coach made him play goalie since he was so tall. Tim did not like playing goalie because he wanted to run around but he got used to it. When Tim was around 11 he figured out that he had TS and OCD. TS stands for Tourette  syndrome. What TS does is make you do ticks and twitch and makes it harder to focus.

The Challenges

On August 18 1998 Tim played his first MLS game for the New York metro stars. His team went to win that game 4-1 he had 5 saves, but since he was only a back up goalie he did not get to play a lot of games. In 2001 Tim Howard became the youngest player to win the MLS goalkeeper of the year award. In 2003 Tim Howard was offered to join one of the best soccer teams on the earth they were called Manchester United. It cost Manchester United 4 Million dollars to get Tim from the meteors stars. When Tim joined the team he started right away as their main goalie replacing Fabien Barthez. Tim had to work twice as hard now because he was now up against teams that are a lot better, But in march of 2004 he started to let a few goals in he knew that he could easily be replaced and he was by Roy Carroll but only for a short time.

The Triumph

Tim Howard has had many accomplishments in his life becoming a professional soccer player for three different teams. Tim's greatest accomplishments that most people know him for is becoming the goalie for the America team. He saved many goals for America and could have cost them the game.

The Legacy

Tim Howard has influenced so many kids and adults to try out soccer. Tim has helped make soccer a more popular sport in America. Also because of him people all around America have worn his jersey cheering for  the U.S.A.