Months after helping Wrexham’s soccer team author a Hollywood-worthy ending to its season, Ben Foster is returning to retirement because “my performances this season haven’t reached the level I demand of myself.”
The former Manchester United goalkeeper helped the Welsh team, owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, gain promotion into the English Football League, winning the fifth-tier National League in a feel-good story last spring. Foster, 40, had signed a short-team deal with the team and agreed to extend his stay for another year.
It was his penalty save in the 97th minute that helped set up Wrexham for promotion in a dramatic 3-2 game against Notts County in April.