Even the goals are bigger in Texas: Watch Hudson Vickery get a birthday game-winner from midfield

This is one of the best goals you will ever see in high school soccer. Midweek, Hudson Vickery booked his team a spot in the state championship game down in Texas with a dramatic free-kick goal from midfield.

And Vickery did so on his 18-year-old birthday, scoring a goal with the audacity of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the bend of Roberto Carlos.

(Don’t come at us with the David Beckham line…if you know, you know).

Vickery’s goal secured a 1-0 win for Boerne (Boerne, Texas) over Kilgore (Kilgore, Texas) that sent them to the state championship game in Texas.

And as if scoring a game-winning goal on his birthday isn’t enough, Vickery’s shot was pure brilliance.

Following the game, Vickery said that the strong wind in the game led him to think “Why not? I just went for it.”

And went he did.

“It was great. It’s my birthday, got a goal, got a birthday goal, a birthday win. We fell short last year,” Vickery told KENS5 following the semifinal win.

“I’m very excited to go back and hopefully win.”

Now, Boerne fell short on Friday in the state championship with a 1-0 loss to San Eilizario (San Elizario, Texas) but how they got there was incredible. What a goal and moment from Vickery.

Story originally appeared on High School Sports