Colombia’s Santos Borre scores incredible bicycle kick goal vs. USMNT

Colombia produced a true golazo against the USMNT

Colombia brought some magic to Commanders Field, much to the chagrin of the U.S. men’s national team.

Rafael Santos Borré contorted himself to produce a spectacular overhead kick as los Cafeteros took on the USMNT in a friendly on Saturday.

With Colombia already leading 1-0 after an early Jhon Arias goal, a short-corner routine initially seemed to have fizzled out. Arias’ intial service towards the middle of the goalmouth found only Tim Ream, but the veteran center back’s header popped the ball more or less straight up into the air.

Crystal Palace midfielder Jefferson Lerma took advantage, rising over defenders Joe Scally and Johnny Cardoso to bravely keep the play alive.

Still, most of the work had yet to be done. Santos Borré was spinning away from the U.S. goal before he even saw Lerma’s header coming his way.

The Internacional forward had to improvise, and what followed was stupendous. The 28-year-old twisted himself before jumping up to thump the ball past Matt Turner in the 19th minute.

Turner may look back and think this was a save he could have made, but the decidedly pro-Colombia crowd in Landover, Md. wasn’t concerned one bit.

The golazo ended up being a match-winner for Colombia, though the CONMEBOL powers didn’t exactly need a wonder-goal to get the job done. A miserable second half from the USMNT saw Colombia run out 5-1 winners.

Watch Santos Borré’s bicycle kick

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