USMNT goalkeeper Matt Turner wowed fans with 4 home runs at St. Louis Cardinals batting practice

Even the Cardinals seemed shocked.

After every USMNT exit in the World Cup, non-soccer fans love to make the flawed argument about the U.S. dominating if the nation’s best athletes from other sports all played soccer. Well, U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper Matt Turner undercut that argument in his own way on Tuesday.

And he had the St. Louis Cardinals impressed in the process.

Turner was invited to Busch Stadium to take some batting practice ahead of the USMNT’s Gold Cup match at CITYPARK, and the Arsenal goalkeeper put on an absolute show. Stepping into the box right after star third baseman Nolan Arenado, Turner proceeded to hit four home runs with a sweet lefty swing.

The best part had to be seeing the reactions from Arenado, Cardinals manager Oli Marmol and GM John Mozeliak. They genuinely had to pause and think, “Maybe we should sign this guy?”

Now, Turner had the most unconventional rise to the Premier League and USMNT. He didn’t start playing soccer until he was 14, played college soccer at Fairfield and even spent time in the fourth tier of American soccer (yes, it goes down that far). But before that, he did play baseball, and professional athletes have regularly shown to be gifted at other sports.

Still, four home runs at a big-league ballpark with a future Hall of Famer watching? That was truly impressive.

Fans also enjoyed seeing that hitting display from Turner.