Up, up and away

While catching footage of the men's team practicing, I happened to capture a feat that doesn't happen in soccer often.

Forward Stephan Mongu kicked the ball over a defender's head while coming off the sideline.

I didn't notice it while I was shooting but after he made it, one of the coaches and approximately three players came ecstatically toward me and asked if I had filmed it.

I rewound the tape and showed them a little bit of what I had captured up to that point and sure enough it was there. They were all telling me that it was very difficult to pull off and they hadn't seen anything like it. They were glad that I was there to capture it.

Mongu said that it was his first time pulling off the move and it was impulsive rather than a planned move.

"(Kicking the ball over his head) was the only way I could do it to get around the corner," Mongu said. "It was just me being creative."

He hasn't pulled off the move in a game yet, but said that he plans to before the season is over.

Here's footage of the kick. You can hear the "oohs" and "aahs" from the team. It goes by very fast!