One in Four People Think They Could Score a World Cup Goal

In a new survey, 28% of people said they believe THEY could score against a professional goalkeeper, specifically converting a penalty kick. Obviously, younger people were more likely to say that. 43% of Gen Z’ers feel they could beat a World Cup goalie (along with 37% of Millennials). 26% of Gen X’ers think they could do it, while 12% of Boomers said “no problem”. I love that as Americans, we watch soccer for three weeks, and suddenly we’re soccer geniuses. Next thing you know, Cooter from the neighborhood muffler shop is explaining offsides to a guy from Brazil.”