Loudoun United FC goalkeeper Hugo Fauroux is used to saving points for his side with a big save.

Saturday night, he delivered in the other penalty area.

Up for a 97th-minute corner kick as United trailed Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC by a goal at a sold-out Weidner Field, Fauroux’s near-post flick off Gavin Turner’s delivery set up Khalil ElMedkhar for a back-post finish that earned Loudoun a 1-1 draw and valuable point in its bid to reach the 2024 USL Championship Playoffs.

So, where does this moment rate in goalkeeper assist history in the USL Championship?

• Fauroux’s helper made him the 25th goalkeeper to record an assist since the start of the 2014 season. He’s the first goalkeeper be credited with an assist in Loudoun United’s history.

• Among goalkeeper assists, Fauroux’s is a novelty. All the goalkeeper assists we have archive footage of have come through either by hope or design, but all via up-field clearances from a goalkeeper’s own half.

• That includes the last time a goalkeeper recorded an assist in second-half stoppage time. That was the Charleston Battery’s Joe Kuzminsky, whose long ball off a free kick just outside his penalty area set up Joel Bunting’s finish on July 23, 2021 in a 2-0 Battery win.

• Only one goalkeeper has recorded more than one assist in the USL Championship so far in his career. That’s current Orange County SC loanee Tomás Gómez, who got his first for Saint Louis FC in 2019 and his second for Sacramento Republic FC in 2021.

• Fauroux’s assist was the fourth by a goalkeeper in the 2024 USL Championship season, joining Rhode Island FC’s Jackson Lee, Memphis 901 FC’s Tyler Deric, and the Tampa Bay Rowdies’ Jordan Farr. That’s the most in a single campaign in Championship history.

As dramatic as Fauroux’s assist was, it wasn’t the ultimate goalkeeper goal contribution of finding the net himself. That’s only happened three times in league history, including Colin Shutler’s dramatic equalizer for Orange County SC at Sacramento Republic FC on March 9.

At the same time, this is exactly the sort of drama we come here for.