--- title: Tim Howard Does Not Want You to Hug Him description: Lovable, but maybe not huggable canonical: https://time.com/2958687/tim-howard-hug/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-05T17:46:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:24.063Z og:title: Tim Howard Does Not Want You to Hug Him og:description: Lovable, but maybe not huggable og:url: https://time.com/2958687/tim-howard-hug/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt226520190208152d/69869aa0169ab0352d27a3a5/tim-howard2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3043 og:image:height: 1712 og:image:alt: Tim Howard og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tim Howard Does Not Want You to Hug Him twitter:description: Lovable, but maybe not huggable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt226520190208152d/69869aa0169ab0352d27a3a5/tim-howard2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tim Howard Does Not Want You to Hug Him > Sponsored content. 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This fan went in for a hug with the All-American Wall and Howard did what he does best: blocked him out and turned him around. Here’s to the fan getting some love from [Kyle Beckerman](http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/06/us-soccer-hottie-hot-despite-these-photos.html) or Clint Dempsey. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2958687/tim-howard-hug/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2958687/tim-howard-hug/"},"headline":"Tim Howard Does Not Want You to Hug Him","datePublished":"2014-07-05T17:46:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:24.063Z","description":"Lovable, but maybe not huggable","url":"https://time.com/2958687/tim-howard-hug/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World Cup"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt226520190208152d/69869aa0169ab0352d27a3a5/tim-howard2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt226520190208152d/69869aa0169ab0352d27a3a5/tim-howard2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tim Howard","caption":"Tim Howard","creditText":"Bryn Lennon—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2958687/tim-howard-hug/","name":"Tim Howard Does Not Want You to Hug Him"}}]}] ```