Patent ID: 6893364

Claim:
A portable flat-faced interactive training soccer goal used for soccer practice and training and mounting on a ground surface of a playing field, the soccer goal comprising: a goal frame, said goal frame including a substantially horizontal crossbar and first and second upright posts, an upper portion of said first upright post attached to one end of said crossbar, an upper portion of said second upright post attached to an opposite end of said crossbar, said first and second upright posts extending outwardly at an angle greater than 90 degrees and upward to 110 degrees from said horizontal crossbar, said first and second upright posts and said horizontal crossbar adapted for forming a first position of a trapezoid configuration when held upright and prior to being secured to the ground surface; and a soccer goal net attached to a web frame, said web frame attached to sides of said crossbar and sides of said first and second upright posts; whereby said first and second upright posts are adapted for moving inwardly and at an angle of 90 degrees from said horizontal crossbar when a lower portion of said first and second upright posts is secured to the ground surface and forming a second position of a rectangular configuration, said goal frame is held in compression for increase strength and rigidity, said horizontal crossbar bowed slightly upward above the horizontal when held in compression for preventing a bottom of said net from dragging on the ground surface.