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Know Your Cuts Of Soccer Player


To end the day on an up note, here's another wacky soccer story. It's actually our favorite kind, because it involves meat.

Apparently, a Romanian soccer team traded a player to competitor Regal Horia for 33 pounds of meat. Turned out to be a good deal for them too, because the guy they traded — perhaps sensing the inevitable after being swapped for meat — promptly retired. This led to what has to be the best quote we've heard in many a moon.

"We are upset because we lost twice firstly because we lost a good player and secondly because we lost our team s food for a whole week, said a Regal Horia official.

The race to make Isiah Thomas jokes begins ... now.

Soccer Team Trades Player For Meat [MSNBC]

4:45 PM on Mon Feb 27 2006
By Leitch
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