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He didn't even come particularly close, either. The US national and Nottingham Forest striker will be rueing this one, from the first half of today's FA Cup replay at Leicester City. More »
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It's been a bad week for Bolton goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán. First he let Tim Howard score on him and now he's been victimized by this ridiculous strike off the boot of League Two Macclesfield Town's Arnaud Mendy in FA Cup action. It's 2-1 in Macclesfield 2-2 now after Bolton just equalized. Macclesfield Town supporters are taunting Bogdán with chants of "HOW-ARD! HOW-ARD!" [Fox Soccer] More »
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The 2011 Malaysia FA Cup played its championship game yesterday—Terengganu FA defeated Kelantan FA, 2-1, and Cyrus_the_Virus, who says he was the drunkest person out of 80,000 spectators (Malaysia is a Muslim nation), was on hand for the sights and sounds, a stranger in a strange land. More »
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In a match against Sun Hei in the Hong Kong FA Cup about a week ago, a South China player tried to share a goal celebration with his teammate, and instead broke his nose. Yet another reason that everyone should just stick to the Bernie. More »
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A blistering strike by Yaya Toure (aka Toure Yaya) which got past Stoke City goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen in the 74th minute of today's FA Cup final won Manchester City its first trophy in 35 years. They were happy. More »
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Your morning roundup for May 14, the day after a homeless Bulgarian man beheaded an elderly British woman in a Spanish supermarket, walked away "clutching the head by its hair, leaving a trail of blood dripping to the ground," but got caught after an Italian motorcyclist threw a helmet at his face. Oh, Europe. More »
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Your morning roundup for April 17, the day burglars everywhere accept the fact that trying to rob 81-year-old stroke victim/Korean vet Bobby Smith means they'll get a piping-hot frying pan filled with potatoes across the head. More »
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Your morning roundup for April 16, the day Ralphie turns 40, making a whole lot of people question their very mortality, their confidence as fra-gee-lay as a leglamp. More »
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Your morning roundup for March 13, the day Villanova probably gets the tournament bid it in no way deserves. More »
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Your morning roundup for March 12, a day of nuclear-plant explosions, talk of Supermoons vs. the Pacific Plate, recovery efforts and aftershocks. More »
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Rough season at Stamford Bridge for the Chelsea Football Club. The Blues are sitting in fifth place in the EPL after winning the league last year. Then came today, when it looked like they had a decent shot to advance to the fifth round of the F.A. Cup after taking a 1-0 lead halfway into extra time. More »
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It had been an exceedingly boring FA Cup, with all the favorites going through. That is, until about an hour ago. Mighty Man U fell to a League One side, and not just any side: Leeds, their historic rivals. More »
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England's the country with the silent "u" in a lot of words, like colour and parlour, right? Yet both Brits and Yanks spell it "Final Four." And what's the deal with Ovaltine? Britain's FA Cup is down to four (finally!), starting the semifinal madness with West Bromfield Albion and Portsmouth. Neither of them were a 1-seed, which in England is called a 1-dilly. (Maybe.) More »
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It must've been a rough morning for our pal David Hirshey. Not only did Chelsea get a 1-0 win when Didier Drogba scored in extra time, but it came at the end of a game that's been described as "rubbish football" and "cack." More »
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• Arsenal 0-0 Blackburn. A sluggish performance by Arsenal and a couple of amazing saves by Blackburn goalie Brad Friedel (United States, holla) earned Blackburn a rematch of this one in their own building. Friedel got his hand to a Thierry Henry shot, and then got up quickly to deny Justin Hoyte on the rebound. Video here. More »
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• Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough. Balls of titanium on those Bristol City boys. The League One side faced a two goal deficit at halftime against the heavily-favored Premiershippers from Middlesbrough. Injury-riddled 'Boro got first half goals from Aiyebgeni Yakubu and Malcolm Christie, but Bristol City came out in the second half and got goals from two people I've never heard of, and will never hear of again. The tie means that the two clubs play again, with City's second chance coming on February 13th. More »
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The Premiership is actually taking the weekend off, deferring to the third round of the FA Cup, a big tournament open to all the teams in England, be they a top Premiership team, or a collection of lumberjacks with a Nerf soccer ball. More »
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• Liverpool wins the FA Cup. Well, that one had to suck, if you're a West Ham fan. The Hammers were up by two goals in the final game for the championship of all of England... only to see Steven Gerrard score from way out in the 90th minute to the tie the game. Then, of course, Liverpool went on to win the game on penalties. That one's gonna sting for a while. The win was worth £1,000,000. More »
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Fourth round action today: More »
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What's The FA Cup, you ask? Well, here's what I can gather, combining knowledge from my buddy Danks and a very thoughtful e-mail from a guy named Pete. The FA is the governing body of soccer in England, which covers the Premier League and all the leagues below it, which are kinda like minor leagues, but not exactly. More »
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