Quote Originally Posted by MUMac View Post
I watched the replay several times. Looks like he tried to kick it out of the air, but the ball bounced first. That created the lift.
I respectfully, strongly disagree. It was a high, hanging cross into the box, Wondolowski likely thought it would be cleared by the Belgium defense. He was caught off guard when the ball dropped to him. He was not ready. If he would have tried to kick it out of the air as you said, he would have swung and miss. He connected, but his body position was not ready and was too upright.