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U.S. Soccer Is Done With Hope Solo Now That It Doesn't Need Her<em></em>
After the USWNT got bounced from the Olympics by lowly Sweden, Hope Solo was not happy. She voiced her acute displeasure with the loss shortly after the game was over, calling the Swedes “a bunch of cowards” and saying “the better team did not win today.” USWNT veteran Megan Rapinoe recently said sh...
Brazil Win Their First-Ever Soccer Gold In Penalty Shootout
Neymar scored Brazil’s only goal in regulation during the gold medal game against Germany today. But it was his shootout-deciding penalty kick to give the host country its first ever gold medal in soccer that will likely be remembered as one of the enduring moments of the 2016 Olympics....
Brazil Are Ready To Regain Some Of Their Soccer Dignity In Gold Medal Game
Maybe you, like me, put on Brazil’s first two Olympic soccer matches in the background, halfway monitoring the excitement in the announcers’ voices so as to switch browser windows in time to see one of the presumed dozen or so goals this super-talented team would put past their group stage opponents...
After Nearly Two Whole Months Away, Lionel Messi Comes Out Of International Retirement
It seems like so long ago, when we thought we’d said our final goodbye to Lionel Messi’s international career. Try to think back to those times: Messi, still then a brunette, had just suffered another heartbreaking loss with Argentina when they lost on penalties in that year’s Copa América, England ...
This Site Has Too Much Soccer
I like soccer. I like watching the World Cup and six-second Vines of Lionel Messi doing fancy shit with the ball. I also laugh at old-timey columnists who dump on soccer in a public attempt to increase penile girth. ...
The Paul Pogba Transfer Is Finally Happening
For at least a month, it has been clear that Juventus star Paul Pogba would be transferring to Manchester United, with the only question being how much money it would take. But while Pogba spent his post-Euro summer dicking around, the rumor mill went into overdrive: that Pogba would stay, that Real...
French Midfielder Loses A Chunk Of His Ear In Debut With New Club<em></em>
Jeremy Menez left AC Milan for Bordeaux two days ago with two ears. He left his Bordeaux debut with one-and-a-half....
How Gonzalo Higuaín Became Public Enemy No. 1 In Naples<em></em>
Gonzalo Higuaín’s transfer from Napoli could have ended happily for both parties. While Napoli is right to feel a bit miffed after losing their best player to Juventus, the one team who finished above them in Serie A last season, receiving the third-highest transfer fee in history for a 28-year-old ...
Report: Four Killed In Copa Libertadores Victory Celebrations In Colombia
Atletico Nacional won the Copa Libertadores last night over Ecuadorian side Independiente del Valle. The title is Nacional’s second continental championship, and their first in the post-Pablo Escobar era. Fans are, of course, celebrating their team’s title vigorously. Here’s a look at the in-stadium...
Andrey Arshavin's Still Got It<em></em><em></em>
Hey, remember Andrey Arshavin, the diminutive Russian who once scored all four goals in Arsenal’s classic 4-4 draw with Liverpool, and then didn’t really do anything for the next three years? Yeah, that guy. Well, he now plays for FC Kairat in the Kazakhstan Premier League, and yesterday against FC ...
Paul Pogba Rejects That Weak Shit
Paul Pogba is reportedly the subject of a massive bidding war this week, one which will end with Manchester United most likely paying a fee in the neighborhood of Guyana’s GDP for his services. Or maybe he’ll stay at Juventus. Who knows. The European press makes HoopsHype look like the goddamn Paris...
Report: Next England Manager Will Be Big Sam Allardyce
England manager Roy Hodgson quit after his team was knocked out of the Euro round of 16 by plucky Iceland, two years after his unimaginative tactics and poor squad selection saw England finish at the bottom of their group at the 2014 World Cup. According to Sky Sports, the FA have found Hodgson’s re...
Poll: The One Thing All Americans Can Agree On Is That Football Causes Brain Damage<em></em>
Eighty-one percent of American adults believe that it is either certainly or probably true that “there is a settled science that playing football causes brain injuries,” according to a new poll on perceptions of sports and concussions from the Center for Public Opinion. A slim simple majority of Ame...
League One Club That Invented Raffle Winner Finds Its Fall Guy
The sports world is still reeling from the revelation that third-tier English soccer club Chesterfield FC recently falsified the results of a fan raffle that only four people entered, awarding a preseason trip to Hungary with the team to a non-existent fan. Attempting to regain the public’s trust, t...
Premier League To Crack Down On "Intolerable Behaviour" Like Players Swearing At Referees
Citing “intolerable behaviour by players and managers in their competitions [that] have reached unacceptable levels in certain areas,” the Premier League announced Wednesday that referees will “take a stronger position and action towards unacceptable participant conduct” next season....
Nobody Enters League One Team's Raffle; Team Makes Up Fake Winner, Gets Caught
Chesterfield FC, a soccer team currently toiling away in England’s third tier, thought it would be a good idea to invite its fans to participate in a raffle, the winner of which would get to join the team on a preseason tour of Hungary. It turned out to be a very, very bad idea....
Ronaldinho Is Playing Futsal In India And Owning People Left And Right
Ronaldinho is one of the very best dribbling technicians of his era, and he can make anyone look like a damn fool for swiping at him while he’s doing his thing. He’s currently in the twilight of his career, and he just wrapped up a brief (more on this in a bit) tour with Goa of the Indian Premier Fu...
Twitter Prankster Fools Sky Sports Into Reading Made Up Facts About Team From Gibraltar
Yesterday afternoon, Celtic lost a 1-0 stunner in Champions League qualifying to the Lincoln Red Imps, who are a semi-professional team from Gibraltar. A police officer scored the lone goal, and Celtic now have to win at home to avoid getting bounced by the best team from a country of 30,000....
Mighty Celtic FC Lose Champions League Qualifier To Lincoln Red Imps, Who We Swear Are A Real Team
Celtic FC’s annual European humiliation came early this year, as they lost today in the Champions League second qualifying round against a team of semi-professionals from Gibraltar. A police officer scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory. ...
Iceland Did One Last Viking Clap With Their Fans
Iceland lost to France 5-2 in the Euro quarterfinals, after getting bum rushed for four goals in the first half. But the fact that Iceland—population: the same as Santa Ana, California, a city you didn’t know existed—even advanced far enough to get knocked out by France was a tremendous accomplishme...