There is this moment, just before the goal, when Haris Medunjanin could have behaved in another way. He could have made a slight adjustment, a minor change in how he interpreted the other team’s shape, and then the outcome would have been much different.
This description fits two disparate scenarios. For many, it evokes the first goal Toronto FC scored in Philadelphia Union’s season opener: Michael Bradley slamming home the first goal of 2019 with Medunjanin too far off to stop him.
But this same set of words can be overlaid on Medunjanin’s role in David Accam’s gamewinner against Columbus Crew.