Football on Feb. 29: Who can claim to be soccer’s Mr. Leap Year?

Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerFeb 29, 2024, 12:02 AM ETClint Dempsey was the United States’ match winner against Italy on Feb. 29, 2012 — but which player has scored goals on that date in two different leap years? Valerio Pennicino/Getty ImagesMuch like World Cups (for now at least), Feb. 29 only comes around once every four years and some choice football events have occurred on the rarest of all dates.As you probably know, a Leap Year contains an additional day on top of the usual 365, which is added in at the end of February in order to maintain a level of synchronisation between the…