Julieth Arias Own Goal: Costa Rica Goalkeeper Makes Awful Mistake Against Canada (VIDEO)

At least Costa Rica was down 4-0 at the time of this own horrid goal..

Just minutes into the second half of a 2012 Olympic Games qualification match against Canada's women's soccer team, Costa Rica defender Marianne Ugalde received a pass outside the box and delivered a slow pass back to goalkeeper Julieth Arias. As the ball rolled back toward her, Arias took her eyes off it for a split second to look at one of her opponents jogging toward her net. The ball, meanwhile, trickled past her feet and into the goal, causing the announcer to scream "Oh no!"

"Well we've seen a few strange things in this tournament, but that probably takes the cake right there," the commentator said.

Scroll down to check out the own goal and vote on how it compares to some other humiliating own goals over the years.

Comments

[susana horia]

10:38 AM on 01/28/2012

how sad..!!! those massive bazookas need consoling , bad..! i volunteer .!

[AWL]

05:02 AM on 01/27/2012

Own goal or not, why don't the lady soccer players rip off their shirts to celebrate when they score?

[djnc]

07:48 PM on 01/26/2012

NOTHING in sports is funnier than an own goal

[emrogers]

07:07 PM on 01/26/2012

Keep your head down, honey. Poor girl.

[OutAtFirst]

02:00 PM on 01/26/2012

Well, if there's anything positive about it, she can at least tell her grandkids that she scored a goal in an Olympic qualifying game.

[Danilo-11]

01:57 PM on 01/26/2012

At the same time.... HuffPo doesn't report on one of the best games in the World that was played yesterday between Barcelona-Real Madrid.

[NYCBruce]

06:00 PM on 01/26/2012

Perhaps because nobody in America GIVES a rat's butt about what happens between two Spanish teams in a foreign league game! Do you think that foreign newspapers even reported the SCORE of yesterday's Lakers-Clippers game? Don't be absurd...

[scripted]

12:13 AM on 01/28/2012

Well, here you go: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/nba/top-stories/NBA-Lakers-get-last-word-over-Clippers-in-inner-city-clash/articleshow/11638584.cms
The truth is that many Americans follow La Liga and many foreign nations have fan bases for NBA teams. So I do agree with the original poster that some coverage, however limited, would be nice.

[YeahDonkey]

02:06 PM on 01/28/2012

HaHahahaaa, oh Bruce, what rock in NYC are you living under? Uhhh yes, many foreign newspapers report NBA scores, and many American newspapers report La Liga scores. Try reading something besides the New York Post for your "news", you might learn something about the world and about your country.

as for Soccer in the United States.................http://www.foxsportshouston.com/11/09/11/MLS-attendance-surpasses-NBA-NHL/landing_dynamo.html?blockID=599876

you are becoming a dinosaur Bruce

[susana horia]

10:37 AM on 01/28/2012

do any of the maricones in those 2 teams have the same Ti*s as this airhead?..that is why..

[They Call Me Mr Snark]

01:42 PM on 01/26/2012

Maybe her_boobs got in the way?

[chuychrist]

01:08 PM on 01/26/2012

Oops . . .

[Jose A Ibarra]

01:01 PM on 01/26/2012

Holy crap. That's an 'earth, please open up and eat me whole' moment right there.

That was awful.

[Tom Weidermeijer]

12:54 PM on 01/26/2012

Damn... that looks like something I would do.

[polsapene]

12:54 PM on 01/26/2012

Last year one of ManU's highest scorerers was "own goal". No joke. It's part of the game, a drag but not really an anomaly at all.

[jymfrancais]

11:58 AM on 01/26/2012

Poor girl.

[HardBaldEggHead]

11:44 AM on 01/26/2012

Thankfully, she is in Costa Rica and not Colombia. In Colombia someone would have pulled out a gun and shot her dead for that embarrasing mistake. These people take there futbol seriously.

[Dragline]

11:37 AM on 01/26/2012

That's why you always pass back to the side of the goal.

[PedroLeon]

11:37 AM on 01/26/2012

Ouch. In a related story - one which I've yet to see on HP - USWNT is owning every team they've played so far. Their goal difference is something like 27. Way to go, ladies!

[WestCactus]

01:54 PM on 01/26/2012

Their Goal diff. is 31! And guess who they have to beat to qualify. . . Costa Rica.

[PedroLeon]

02:43 PM on 01/26/2012

Yeah, I wrote that before I heard about their 4-0 stomping of Mexico. Poor Costa Rica. ;)

If only the USMNT could pound Mexico 4-0...