The Arsenal goalkeeper has an outstanding record when facing efforts from the spot and did not let his country down after extending this with two saves versus Canada
Arsenal’s Matt Turner extended his magnificent penalties record with two saves from the spot to send the USMNT into the semifinal of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
The Gunners goalkeeper sits behind Aaron Ramsdale at club level, but has been a shining light for his country over the lpast couple of seasons. He shouldered the responsibility in the penalty shootout after the US and Canada could not be separated after 120 minutes of play in a dramatic 2-2 draw.
The Stars and Stripes had looked to have booked their place in the semi finals of the competition after Brandon Vazquez after his strike in the 88th minute to make it 1-0 but the Canadians had other ideas when they equalized from the penalty spot deep into injury-time.
A similarly fraught half an our of extra time then ensued with Canada taking the lead, before Scott Kennedy’s own goal made it 2-2 to send the epic encounter to penalties. From there, captain Turner’s exploits did not disappoint as he saved two efforts from twelve yards to send Canada crashing out of the flagship CONCACAF competition.