{"id":152863,"date":"2025-09-18T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/152863\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:02:09","slug":"cowboys-kicker-brandon-aubreys-soccer-specialty-didnt-even-involve-his-booming-right-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/152863\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey&#8217;s soccer &#8216;specialty&#8217; didn&#8217;t even involve his booming right leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now, most people who follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> know that superstar kicker Brandon Aubrey began his athletic career as a really good soccer player.<\/p>\n<p>Aubrey was so good at soccer that he played collegiately at Notre Dame and then was drafted into Major League Soccer.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise, given Aubrey&#8217;s booming right leg, that he could get it done on the pitch, too.<\/p>\n<p>But a recently surfaced clip proclaims that Aubrey&#8217;s soccer &#8220;specialty&#8221; didn&#8217;t even have to do with kicking.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/news\/bills-qb-josh-allen-learns-superman-clark-kent\/e5a46375f7cf7af1c4849b7a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Josh Allen learns that sometimes, it&#8217;s OK for Superman to be Clark Kent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here, Aubrey heads in a goal, and the broadcaster says that&#8217;s his &#8220;specialty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wait a sec&#8230;Brandon Aubrey&#8217;s specialty in college soccer didn&#8217;t even involve his leg\/foot??? <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UYJRP6uedD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UYJRP6uedD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobbyBeltTX\/status\/1968540137287028932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a defender, Aubrey likely spent plenty of time clearing the ball away with his strong right leg.<\/p>\n<p>But clearly, he could get the job done in the attacking phase of play, too. That&#8217;s quite the jump and firm header.<\/p>\n<p>Aubrey ended his college career as a third-team All-American at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/ncaa-football\/news\/jett-harrison-son-brother-marvin-harrison-family-recruit-ohio-state-oregon\/951a3f390f227d4b78025980\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet Jett Harrison, the youngest Harrison who may just be the best<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there, Aubrey was then a first-round draft pick into Major League Soccer by Toronto FC. He never appeared in a game for Toronto&#8217;s first team.<\/p>\n<p>When his soccer career ended, Aubrey took up kicking, training with former Mississippi State kicker Brian Egan.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, he made it to the USFL with the Birmingham Stallions, and he spent two seasons in that spring league.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys signed him for the 2023 NFL season, and he has been a star from the moment he arrived.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NFL NEWS:<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By now, most people who follow the Dallas Cowboys know that superstar kicker Brandon Aubrey began his athletic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-152863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}