Sounders defender Roman Torres swears he used to do this whole goal-scoring thing on a regular basis back as a young teenager.
Two days after his 88th minute goal gave Panama a 3-2 victory over Costa Rica and a berth in its first ever World Cup, Torres, 31, described growing up as a young striker in his Central American homeland. By age 15, he’d gone to a tryout camp for Panama’s Under-17 national team and made a snap decision when a coach, splitting the 200 or 300 other players into position groups, asked all forwards to raise their hands.