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Former United States men's national team goalkeeper and current Daily Mail columnist Tim Howard has been officially inducted into the USA's National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Howard, who is easily on the Mount Rushmore of American goalkeepers - if not the greatest the country has ever produced, was gifted a red jacket as a part of the Soccer Hall of Fame's Class of 2024.

In a speech, Howard thanked his mother and reflected back on his accomplished club and national team career. 

At the close of his remarks, Howard said, 'I often think about what it is I most want people to know about me. I hear people talk about me all the time, and they say, "God given ability." I don't know what that is. That's ambiguous. It's vague and it's subjective. 

'What's not ambiguous and vague and subjective was my desire to be the greatest goalkeeper this country has ever seen. The truth is, any great athlete will tell you, when you stand in that tunnel shoulder to shoulder with your brothers, look your opponent in the eye, you're scared to death. You want the ground to swallow you whole. You're afraid of failure. You're vulnerable, and self doubt consumes you. 

'"To whom much is given, much is required," you told me, and I live by those words. I wrote it down in a notebook in July of 2003 on the way over to Manchester. And I lived by those words ever since I was ten years old. When I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.

‘I was scared, I was unsure. I told you I didn't feel normal. And you said, “you're correct. You're not normal. You're extraordinary.” The good times are easy. Anyone and everyone can celebrate those. Anyone and everyone can be around.

‘When I think about my earliest soccer memories, I think about our

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