Texas A&M goalkeeper Kenna Caldwell scores incredible 45-yard free kick in the Aggies first victory of the season… and she didn’t even realise!

Texas A&M Aggies goalkeeper Kenna Caldwell scored an incredible free kick from near halfway to put her side on course for victory over Tulsa.

Caldwell lined up to take the set piece from 45 yards out, just to the right of the center circle, in the 52nd minute. She lifted it towards the penalty area, only to watch the ball beat everyone including her opposite number.

It sailed over the outstretched reach of the opposing keeper and into the upper left corner of the net.

‘I didn’t even notice. I started high-tailing it back to the goal and (a teammate) turned to me said: “Look!”,’ Caldwell revealed afterwards. 

‘I looked up and the ball was already in the back of the net so I had to watch the replay.’

The goalkeeper sent the ball towards the penalty area, only for it beat everyone and go in

‘I felt like it was right in my range,’ Caldwell claimed after the victory over Tusla

The goalkeeper claimed to have scored plenty of similar goals in training – ‘just for fun’ – and she insists she wasn’t trying to find a teammate. 

‘Usually I do try to bend it in for a serve but this time I felt like it was right in my range,’ Caldwell added. ‘So yes I was trying to hit the back of the net but the main thing I was thinking was: “Don’t hit it out of bounds…” and it went in.’

A&M was not done scoring either as only five minutes after Caldwell’s remarkable strike, midfielder Carissa Boeckmann was able to score a second goal and put the Aggies up 2-0.

Caldwell, who is a fifth-year senior from Lone Tree, Colorado, recorded the first goal of her career with the strike after putting four shots on target last season. 

The free kick was the first shot she registered this year through the first four games of the season.

The goalkeeper is mobbed by her teammates after the incredible strike for the Aggies

Throughout her career at Texas A&M she has started 56 of the 59 games she has played in and has a .728 save percentage.

The victory against Tulsa marked the first win for the Aggies this season after they suffered losses to Florida State and Washington State, while also drawing against Baylor.

This season’s slow start through four games marks a far cry from the way the Aggies kicked off last season when they recorded three wins and a draw in their first four games.

Two of those three wins saw the Aggies score eight goals and six goals respectively.