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Just How The Damn Hell Did Arsenal Pull That Off?
A few hours before the NFC Championship, an ocean away, a game of real football took place in England's Premier League between second-place Manchester City and fifth-place Arsenal. I'll spare you the drama: the good guys won....
MLS Is Putting The Fix In For Toronto FC, Right Before Our Eyes
Not that this is any real secret, but it deserves to be said as often as possible: MLS is rigged. The league jointly owns each individual team, centrally controls all major decisions, and has a rule book as regularly erased and written over as a chalk board. With yesterday's reported news that Juven...
A Lesson On Offside Calls For FIFA Officials Who Don't Understand Them
At least two egregiously bad offside calls were made this morning, one of which influenced a major cup tournament outcome. Since it appears FIFA referees (and, in one case, soccer broadcasters) don't understand this basic rule, we're going to illustrate them....
Chelsea Is Terrifying, Scores Beautiful Goal After Intricate Buildup
Facing Chelsea is downright horrifying, and Swansea are learning that firsthand today. This is their second goal—Oscar scored in the first minute—and it is a beautiful interplay of passes reminiscent of, dare I say it, peak-Barcelona. Few teams in the world are so stocked with talent to have playe...
Why MLS May Be Headed For A Work Stoppage
Over the next few months, officials from Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union will meet periodically in New York City to negotiate MLS's new collective bargaining agreement, the rules that set the terms of employment between the owners and the players....
How U.S. Soccer Ensures The Fort Lauderdale Strikers Never Get A Chance
Last year, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers were purchased by a Brazilian consortium looking to turn the team into a "global powerhouse." Some of their bandied-about strategies for ginning up fan interest include drone-delivered concessions at the stadium, piggy backing off the club's history from the...
Fernando Torres Scores First Goal Back With Atlético Against Real Madrid
Hey, maybe this whole homecoming thing is going to work out, afterall! This is the exact kind of goal Torres has made his once-proud name so infamous, one where he had ample time to size up a fairly easy shot, and instead of scuffing it into an ad board, he spanked it home....
Spanish Sportswriter Communes With Dead Player During Batshit Seance
Okay, this is really, really weird....
HS Soccer Player Scores Crazy Front-Flipping Throw-In From 30 Yards Out
Leave it to an American to score a wacky goal by using his hands....
David Moyes Hops Into Stands, Enjoys Some Chips After Being Red Carded
It looks like the air in the Basque mountains has done David Moyes a world of good. No longer the grumpy looking human wrinkle he was for much of his time with Manchester United, Moyes has performed pretty much exactly as hoped with Real Sociedad. Today he even had some goodnatured fun after get...
Jozy Altidore, The Striker Who Never Was, Is Coming Back Home
Yesterday, news broke that perennial Premier League bottom feeders Sunderland had reached a swap deal with Major League Soccer. American striker Jozy Altidore is leaving Sunderland for MLS's Toronto FC. English striker Jermain Defoe, who just joined Toronto FC from Tottenham last summer, is going to...
Philipp Lahm Has Too Much Pride To Slum It In MLS As An Old Guy
MLS has had a headline-grabbing past month or so, as scrubs both old and young join, try to join, or are rumored to join the league. The Germany and Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm was asked by L'Equipe about his plans for when his career winds down, and he has his sights set a little higher than...
Germany's Absurd World Cup Fake Free Kick Actually Worked In Practice
Remember that absurd, failed free kick that Germany attempted against Algeria in the World Cup? In case not, we've embedded video of it below. In the 88th minute of a 0-0 game—Germany would eventually win 2-1 in a dramatic extra time period on Mesut Özil's 120th minute goal—Germany won a free kick a...
Domestic Violence Charges Against Hope Solo Dropped
U.S. Women's National team goalkeeper Hope Solo had both misdemeanor assault charges against her dropped Tuesday, according to the New York Times. Solo was arrested in June, after police responded to a 911 call from her home and found her sister and 17-year-old nephew with visible injuries. The poli...
Cristiano Ronaldo, A Decent Soccer Player, Wins FIFA Player Of The Year
Today, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or. It's the second year in a row he's been named FIFA's best player, and the third time in his career. The Portuguese winger beat out Argentina's Lionel Messi, German keeper Manuel Neuer, and a bunch of other guys who had no ...
Barcelona Respond To Chaos With Best Win Of The Year
In the picture above, which captures a scene from Barcelona's 3-1 victory over Atlético Madrid last night, you can see Barcelona's entire season. It shows Luis Suárez, Neymar, and Lionel Messi—the three players whose individual brilliance has kept the team in the hunt for all the major trophies de...
Neymar Bloodied By Atlético Madrid Boot
José Giménez's studs left a hole in Barcelona superstar Neymar's ankle today, forcing the Brazilian striker off the pitch for a spell as medical personnel worked to stanch the bleeding. Neymar eventually returned, though only to miss what should have been an easy headed goal. ...
Francesco Totti Scores With Flying Kung Fu Kick, Celebrates With Selfie
Somehow, it's not really a shock to see the 38-year-old Francesco Totti still scoring goals in his 23rd season with Roma with outrageous bits of athleticism like the goal below. What is surprising is that the old man actually knows what a selfie is....
Mexican Bicycle Goal Celebration Is Complicated
You've seen plenty of bicycle kicks, but have you ever seen a bicycle goal celebration? Mexico's Alejandro Díaz Liceaga broke it out after scoring his second goal against Cuba today in a CONCACAF U-20 tournament match. El Tri is defending its title, and doing so in brutal fashion—they're up 6-1 at h...
Gareth Bale Puts Real Madrid Up 2-0 With An Unstoppable Free Kick
It's tough to imagine a more perfect free kick goal than the one Gareth Bale scored today against Espanyol. We've covered numerous amazing set pieces launched by Cristiano Ronaldo, but Bale's providing evidence that he's the strongest man for the job at Real Madrid....