#4 Jon Kempin
He is perhaps the least known goalkeeper on this list and that is only natural since he plays in Major League Soccer in the United States of America. Jon Kempin is a 24-year-old American goalkeeper who has played in the MLS for quite a while now.
At the time of this event, Jon Kempin was playing for Sporting Kansas City. The match was against Portland Timbers and, most importantly, it was a play-off encounter in the Western Conference that would see the winner reach the semi-finals of the tournament.
In the 57th minute of the game, Portland Timbers scored via a Rodney Wallace goal. However, the lead was gone when Sporting’s Kevin Ellis equalised for his team with three minutes on the clock. As the match headed into extra time, Kansas City took the lead for the first time in the game with a goal in the 96th minute.
With the clock ticking and the time running out, Kansas City might have thought they had won the game with just two minutes of extra time remaining. However, a goal in the 118th minute from Maximiliano Urruti took the game to penalties.
It was almost as if the match just didn’t want to end as the shootout just went on and on until the goalkeepers had to take them. Kempin stood up and needed to score for his team to win – he had already saved three penalties up until then – but, well, he missed.... obviously.