Benny Feilhaber has never once missed a penalty kick since joining Sporting Kansas City. We dive a bit deeper into that patented approach and has upset MLS fans for years.
If you've watched Benny Feilhaber take penalty kicks for Sporting Kansas City over the past two seasons, you have surely noticed that dragged-foot stutter step that has become a trademark of his approach to those pressure-packed moments.
That slow-motion move isn't simply for show, or to psych out the goalkeeper (trust me, as a goalkeeper, we usually aren't terribly fazed by spot kicks; we know the pressure is on the kick taker, not on us).