Colombia was eliminated from the 2026 FIFA World Cup because a center back, Davinson Sanchez, hit his penalty kick off the bar.Australia was eliminated because two center backs both missed their penalties.Shoot, Switzerland made it tougher on itself in that same shootout with Colombia because their central defender, Manuel Akanji, didn't convert his penalty.Yeah, there've been a lot of center backs taking penalty kicks in shootouts at this World Cup.It's a strategy that pretty much gets a confused reaction from the announcers every time one of the big central defenders is walking toward the spot.And the results, and longer-term data, back up the fact that it should be surprising.The reality is that center backs aren't trustworthy penalty takers.MORE: Christian Pulisic gives a terrible answ