Tim Howard's a goalie ... so, unlike everyone else, he's allowed to use his hands -- even at the strip club!
The Team USA soccer legend was living it up at the legendary V Live over the weekend -- where we're told the dancers and the staff FREAKED OUT (in a good way) when they saw him walk in!
Side note -- apparently, soccer is huge in the Texas stripper community.
He bumped, he grinded ... he threw out thousands of dollars in cash -- everyone had a great time!
Howard and the Colorado Rapids were in Texas to face FC Dallas on Saturday .