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Australian Soccer Chief Falls Off Podium At Trophy Ceremony
Melbourne Victory beat Sydney FC 3-0 last night to take Australia’s top soccer trophy, but all most Aussies will remember about the evening is 84-year-old FFA chairman Frank Lowy falling off the stage while trying to present the champions with their award....
Stadium Lied To; Fans, Players Cheer Title They Didn't Win
Strap yourselves in, because this story is batshit....
Leroy Fer Rocket Goal Puts QPR Up 2-1
Disaster struck for relegation-fighting Newcastle as QPR’s Leroy Fer launched an intercontinental missile to put the Magpies down 2-1:...
Banned Manager Hires Cherry-Picker To Let Him Watch Match
Hamit Işık is banned from entering his team’s stadium for the next nine months, but that didn’t keep the Çorum Belediyespor manager from keeping an eye on his team’s playoff game. The Turkish league skipper is suspended for a recent interaction with a referee, and the stadium itself was closed to fa...
Watch River Plate's Evacuation From A Hostile Boca Juniors Stadium
River Plate players were stranded nearly two hours on the pitch at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires after yesterday’s Superclásico match in the Copa Libertadores was suspended due to players being attacked by Boca Juniors fans. Here’s how police finally got them off the pitch....
Superclásico Suspended After Fans Pepper-Spray River Plate Players
Tonight’s second leg of the Superclásico Copa Libertadores matchup between Argentine powerhouses Boca Juniors and River Plate was suspended as the visitors were attacked by pepper spray-wielding Boca supporters....
William Delivers Equalizer With Long-Range <i>Golazo</i>
The Liga MX playoffs are underway, and tonight’s quarterfinal leg between Querétaro and Veracruz cranked up in the 38th minute as Brazilian midfielder William let fly a long-range strike—set up by the legend, Ronaldinho—that evened the score and fired up the Corregidora....
Soccer Manager Goes After Referee, Is Held Back By Riot Police
Montevideo Wanderers manager Alfredo Arias had to be held back by riot shield-bearing police following his team’s loss to Argentine side Racing Club in the second leg of tonight’s Copa Libertadores match....
Raheem Sterling Quiets Liverpool Boos With Marvelous Effort
Liverpool supporters were booing Raheem Sterling just a few days ago, but their displeasure is likely quieted for the moment after his outstanding effort to score early in today’s match against Newcastle at Anfield. Look at those feet move!...
Eduardo Galeano Has Died; Here Are Excerpts From His Classic Soccer Book
Eduardo Galeano, one of the most beloved writers to ever come from Uruguay and Latin America as a whole, has passed away today at the age of 74 after succumbing to cancer. Galeano was famous for writing about politics and history and war and economics. He also brought the same passion and knowledge ...
And Here's Another Golazo, This Time From Ecuador
If Ecuador has a SportsCenter, this will certainly make its #Top10. El Nacional stiker Miguel Álvarez capped off a huge day for his side’s Serie A match against U. Católica with this scissor-kick off the chested volley. The video’s worth it just for the ¡GOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZOOOOOOOOOOOOO!...
Messi Loops In With Finesse For 399th Barcelona Goal
It always seems to follow that when Cristiano Ronaldo scores a golazo, Lionel Messi is there to answer one of his own. That happened today at Sevilla, when Messi dropped a marvelous slow-motion curler past Sergio Rico for his 399th goal in a Barcelona uniform....
Thomas Müller Scores Goal From Seemingly Impossible Angle
Despite being ridiculously shorthanded, Bayern Munich is having its way with Frankfurt today with the most impressive effort coming from Thomas Müller, who played what looks like an almost impossible angle for Bayern’s third goal. ...
"Astonishing Astrophysics!" Ronaldo Scores Bouncing Free Kick Goal
Cristiano Ronaldo put Real Madrid up 1-0 on Eibar today with this knuckler of a free kick that left the keeper totally, in Ray Hudson’s words, “bamboozled.” His whole call is, as usual, a gem:...
Ottawa Fury Player Attacked During Flight To Atlanta
An assailant attacked Ottawa Fury FC forward Oliver Minatel today during the team’s Air Canada Jazz flight to Atlanta for Saturday’s NASL match against the Silverbacks. CBC reports the man attempted to use his headphones as a garrote to strangle the former C.D. Nacional player just before the plane ...
Why Soccer's Most Popular Advanced Stat Kind Of Sucks
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Darío Benedetto Beats Keeper With Beautiful Curler From 25 Yards Out
Costa Rican side CS Herediano took a 3-0 lead into the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal against Mexico's Club América. They have it in the bag, right? Yeah, not so much. As of this posting, just 30 minutes into the game, Club América leads 5-0, and a Herediano player was just ...
Eden Hazard Is Showing England What A Great Player Can Look Like
Much of what fuels England’s rabid, explosively celebratory, often masochistic, sometimes even violent devotion to soccer is the country’s unique interpretation of the game. Their love of direct attacks, sliding-karate-kick tackles, and ceaseless running almost compels teams into wide-open matches w...
Report: Assholes Racially Abuse Black Kids On AC Milan's Under-10 Team
If you're shouting racist abuse at nine-year-olds, you are truly one of the worst human beings in the world. ...