Tim Howard Sets the Saves Record – World Cup ‘14 | Unfiltered Soccer
5/31/202614 min
As we continue building up to the 2026 World Cup here in North America, United States Men's National Team legends Landon Donovan and Tim Howard are looking back on some of the most iconic moments in American soccer history. And today, it’s all about Tim! Following a strong showing in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup, the U.S. advanced to the knockout round where tournament dark horse Belgium were waiting for them. Over the course of 90 minutes, the Belgians threw everything they had at the Americans but could not breach the human wall in net also known as Tim Howard. Finally, in extra time, Belgian superstars Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku managed to break through but not before Howard had set a new World Cup record for saves in a match. Join Landon and Tim as they look back on this historic moment and relive one of the greatest goalkeeping performances that the tournament has ever seen. New episodes of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim drop every Tuesday. Subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow on all your favorite podcast platforms. For bonus content, follow on all social media platforms @UnfilteredSoccer. Send your mailbag questions to feedback@unfilteredsoccer.com (https://www.unfilteredsoccer.com). This bonus content is brought to you by Jim Beam. Jim Beam is the Official Spirit of U.S. Soccer. Whether you’re following from the stadium or from home, grab a Jim Beam & Lemonade and enjoy with those around you. Visit https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/cocktails/beam-and-lemonade. This Unfiltered Soccer bonus content with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard was edited and mastered by Collin Kushner with engineering support from Eric Newell and Jeremy Steinkamp. Our producers are Jordan Rizzieri and Andrew Gundling. Our social media lead is Dan Armelli and our social editors are Kyle Curley and Finley Skelton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsLandon Donovan· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This bonus content is brought to you by Jim Beam. We're cheersing the greatest US World Cup moments in history. And today, it's all about my guy, Tim. Tim, you stay quiet. I am gonna wax poetic on you. We are looking back at your legendary 16-save performance versus Belgium in the 2014 World Cup. This was in Bahia, Brazil. Uh, we had a great group stage. You guys finished runners-up to Germany, and now you face Belgium. Belgium were, this was the best Belgium team maybe ever. Um, they were fantastic, but they could not find a way past you. Save after save after save, we kept the match, you kept the match 0-0. Second ha- half stoppage time, we almost stole the win when Wondo, uh, had a big chance in front of goal but missed. And then in extra time, they finally broke through. De Bruyne scored, and then Lukaku scored in the 105th minute. But it does not take away from what you did.
Tim Howard· Host1:00
Mm.
Landon Donovan· Host1:01
Um, okay. Walk people through. I know you've talked about this before.
Tim Howard· Host1:06
Mm-hmm.
Landon Donovan· Host1:06
And you probably talk about it a lot, but some- Mm. You kinda talk about, like, being in the zone that game.
Tim Howard· Host1:10
Sure.
Landon Donovan· Host1:11
So what, like, what does that- Yeah ... feel like from your perspective?
Tim Howard· Host1:13
Well, I think the game started, LD, I think the first save that I made was really early. It was on the angle. It might've been from- Origi ... Origi, yeah.
Landon Donovan· Host1:22
Origi, yeah.
Tim Howard· Host1:23
Um, you know, uh, that part felt good, LD, right? Like, there's always this question of, and, and you probably