Thierry Henry Dropped the MLS Assist of the Year with No-Look Back-Heel

Thierry Henry doesn’t have too much top flight soccer left in his 37-year-old legs. Rumors continue to swirl about his future after the 2014 MLS season ends. Whatever the French legend decides to do, his first touch and vision remain immaculate even as his pace declines.

Here’s Henry with an absolutely perfect, no-look backheel to hit Bradley Wright-Phillips in stride to put the New York Red Bulls ahead 1-0 in the first leg of their MLS playoff series with DC United on Sunday afternoon. Henry added another assist in the second half, for good measure.

If soccer didn’t require, you know, running Henry probably has another decade in him if not longer.