Hello, I am reviewing for "a very Wodehouse challenge" . This is a different piece than what I have seen you write. I enjoyed it, your descriptions are good and the story flows well.
I would recommend maybe an adjustment The ball flew past him to Tom. At this point in your story you have Jimmy, Eddie, a defender. The inference in the sentence could be the ball flew past Eddie, the defender or Jimmy. who is "him"?

When I think about the ball sailing past a goalie, the goalie usually has both hands up at the same time. You might want to look at changing "fingertip" to plural.

These are just my thoughts. I am not much on sports, it's up to what you want to do. Thank you for sharing and keep writing.