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Javier Mascherano Kicks Driver Carting Him Off Field, Gets Red Carded
This is so dumb....

Soccer Player Throws Dog Into Fence, Gets Red Carded, Is Horrible
Enzo Jose Jimenez, a player for Bella Vista in an Argentinian lower league, wasn't happy when a stray dog interrupted play with his team down a goal. So he picked up the poor thing by it's neck and hurled it off the pitch, right into a fence....

US Soccer Overcomes Late Defensive Lapse To Best Jamaica In Thriller
Last night, US men's soccer traveled to Jamaica to take on the hosts in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. It was their fourth game in the final Hexagonal round, where all six clubs play the others home and away. After 10 games, the top three teams advance to next year's World Cup in Brazil, while the f...

Jordan Soccer Just Beat Kuwait 21-0 In Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers
So here's the situation: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait are grouped in the Women's Asian Cup qualifiers. Only one team goes through to the tournament. Uzbekistan and Jordan are kind of good. Lebanon sucks. Kuwait is the worst, and it's not close....


Goalie Scores Own Goal With Huge Assist From Mother Nature
Most of the more common own goals you'll see are the result of miscommunication or some freak bounce that happens too quickly for the goalie to react. Not so in this recent match from Italy's Serie D. ...

Fight Breaks Out At Amputee Soccer Match For Charity
Belgium. The Netherlands. One leg. No mercy....

Wayne Rooney Scored A Pretty Decent Goal Today
England traveled to Brazil today for an international friendly, and they for the most part got absolutely manhandled by the home side. Brazil had over 60% of the possession and took an obscene 32 shots to England's 11. It was a clinic start to finish. But Brazil didn't win. Actually, they almost los...

This German Keeper's Own Goal Against USA Is The Worst Own Goal
This is promising German goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, and holy shit....

Lisa De Vanna's Bicycle Kick Goal Yesterday Was Insane
This goal happened yesterday in an NWSL match between New Jersey's Sky Blue FC and the Boston Breakers. A Sky Blue player picked her way through the left side of the box, but found herself surrounded by defenders. So she cut back and looped in a prayer to 28-year-old forward Lisa De Vanna. The ball ...

This Own Goal From Chivas USA Defender Mario de Luna Makes Us Sad
Midway through the first half in last night's MLS clash between the Seattle Sounders and Chivas USA, Sounders midfielder Mauro Rosales broke free down the right flank and lofted a ball into the box towards an open Obafemi Martins. But Rosales overshot his target, and the cross floated all the way to...

AS Monaco Signs Radamel Falcao. Wait...<i>What</i>?
The European transfer window isn't even open for another month, but the biggest summer signing may have already happened. French club AS Monaco, newly-promoted to Ligue 1, have bought Colombian striker Radamel Falcao from Spanish side Atletico Madrid for somewhere between 45 and 60 million euros. Mo...

Mario Balotelli Denies Thing
According to an Italian mob informant, AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli once sold drugs to an addict "as a joke." Because that's a totally normal thing that happens all the time....

Soccer Player Wants To Adopt Chinese Baby Who Was Flushed Down Toilet
So last weekend, a mother gave birth to a newborn, five-pound baby boy in an apartment in Zhejiang, China. Shortly thereafter, the mother flushed the baby, placenta and all, down the toilet. ...

How To Get The Crazy Out Of American Youth Sports
Originally published in Bloomberg View....

Lukas Podolski Scores Goal Six Seconds Into Match Against Ecuador
The German national team traveled to Boca Raton, Fla., today to take on Ecuador in an international friendly, and the Ecuadorians wasted no time in serving up a big bucket of suck. Ecuador unwisely played the opening kick toward its own goal, and it took only six seconds for German striker Lukas Po...

2 Former Chivas USA Coaches Say They Were Fired For Not Being Mexican
Two former coaches for MLS side Chivas USA’s youth academy have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the club, claiming they were fired because the team wanted to purge all employees who “were neither Mexican nor Latino.”...

Sad Dortmund Greeted By Peppy Flash Mob After Champions League Loss
Mere hours after a hard-fought, heartbreaking 2-1 loss in the Champions League final, a dejected Borussia Dortmund trudged to the airport for the miserable flight home. They just wanted to be left alone with their thoughts, and their regrets. That's when the beatboxer piped up....