"I could almost kick a ball from my garden to his, " said the former Morton player.
Mackail-Smith is yet to kick a ball in pre-season following a recurrence of his body alignment problems.
So instead of bidding for the Olympics, just give Kenyans a place to run, to kick a ball, shoot hoops, or swim.
How, in particular, can the players of Dundee United who witnessed this horror unfold before their eyes, be ready to kick a ball again?
Over by the street-vendors, setting up their food stalls to tempt the hungry and exhausted, young men kick a ball about until the last of the light fades, scuffing up a cloud of dust with every footfall.
Uninterrupted Mom Reaction: I lost my patience with my four-year-old on the soccer field, was too lazy (aka depleted of energy) to kick a ball with my son on the sidelines and like a broken record I kept telling him to stop sucking on ice instead of providing an alternative.
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His arms and legs in chains, he was allowed to kick a soccer ball around a small exercise area.
One bold image shows a player with two devices strapped to his ankles, performing a backwards flip to kick a digital soccer ball -- Sony is apparently very confident about the patent's potential tracking accuracy.
However, Dublin's attempts to play out time then floundered as Fergal Doherty, Conleth Gilligan and both the Bradley brothers hit points to leave a kick of the ball between the teams with two minutes of normal time left.
After an uneventful opening, Chelsea launched an innocuous-looking attack with Deco heading on a ball that hugely favoured the home keeper, but when James's kick met air instead of ball due to a large bobble off the turf, Drogba was able to run on and slot into the unguarded net.
Newcastle continued to run preceedings until the final minute when Boro striker Brian Deane collected a Ziege free-kick and poked the ball past Steve Harper for a late consolation.
England were awarded a penalty close in and Tonga were retreating in expectation of a kick at goal when Wilkinson suddenly fired a high ball out to the right and Sackey collected brilliantly and just touched down short of the dead ball line.
But the Warriors hit back and grabbed the lead with the break looming when Meli and Wellens made a mess of Leuluai's kick and Tomkins got a hand to the ball just ahead of Wellens for a try which was confirmed by the video referee.
Beyond the challenges of getting a robot to walk and kick, there is the task of locating a ball, which involves vision and localization, and knocking it into a goal, which requires strategizing abilities.
The Black Cats failed to clear a free-kick and Behrami latched on to the loose ball to drive a shot from inside the box that deflected off Jones and into the net.
First Holland goalkeeper Boy Waterman failed to deal with a free-kick and the ball fell to Liam Ridgewell, but his shot on the turn was deflected wide by John's outstretched leg.
Instead, Jones spotted the opportunity and, as he had not yet signalled for a place kick, tapped the ball and raced for the line, just getting over at the corner flag.
France looked in trouble in the fifth minute when Sebastien Tillous-Borde fumbled a loose ball on his own tryline following a Max Evans kick and chase.
After 15 minutes former Ipswich striker Alex Mathie should have done better after receiving a pass from fellow forward Jim Hamilton, but poor control saw the ball run out for a goal kick.
Kyle headed the ball into the box following a free-kick, Templeton got in front of his markers to stab the ball on and Elliot swept the ball home from 10 yards.
With the clock running down, Braga won a free kick and Matheus thundered a shot past a threadbare defensive wall and the ball dipped under the crossbar to leave an embarrassed Zaluska flapping at thin air.
Alexander, who replaced regular first-choice goalkeeper Allan McGregor as per the previous rounds of the competition, wanted too much time with a backpass and was almost caught by Jack Ross but the ball rebounded out for a goal-kick.
Jones' header from a free-kick had Cerny at full stretch as the goalkeeper pushed the ball over for a corner.
Dawson slipped attempting to clear a routine free-kick and the ball fell invitingly for Piquionne to slip the simplest of finishes under Gomes.
Taylor pushed Levan Tskitishvili's spot-kick onto a post but Healy slid the ball into his own net as he came in to clear the rebound.
George Skivington charged through the middle of the Quins defence following a tap kick, then chipped the ball forward towards Strettle, who should have dealt with it.
But straight from the kick-off Sam Ricketts sent a long ball forward and Stuart Holden collected Kevin Davies's knockdown before lashing a fine finish past Paul Robinson.
The opening goal came when Ian Murray headed clear a Vladimir Weiss free kick and the ball fell to Bougherra on the right edge of the penalty area.
Gale missed a straightforward conversion but atoned when, after Dorn had outjumped Clint Greenshields to claim a towering kick, he flicked the ball up for Gale, who not only scored again but this time made no mistake with the extras.
Celtic failed to clear a Charlie Adam corner and after a sequence of head tennis the ball fell to Ehiogu who executed a graceful overhead kick.
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