The sun is setting on America’s keeper. But near the end of the most brilliant career in U.S. soccer history, Tim Howard stares directly into the sun, because that’s where the fun is. Stop and smell roses? Not nearly as sweet for Howard as beating up his 39-year-old body, diving to flick a shot away from goal, making every last save he’s allowed.
“The end is not something I’m afraid of. It’s actually something that drives me,” said Howard, who will celebrate his 40th birthday in 2019, the final year of his Major League Soccer contract with Colorado.