Soccer
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Messi Spews Chunks, Scores Amazing Goal (Video)
Even the best soccer player in the world sometimes gets overwhelmed by the stifling summer heat. The difference between Lionel Messi and the rest of us, however, is that even when the soccer genius gets heat stroke and barfs all over the field, he still manages to dominate the game. On Sunday, playing for FC [...]
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Watch Joey Barton Get Slapped By Gervinho (Video)
The English Premier League kicked off their 2010-11 season this past weekend, with the most entertaining match coming from St. James’ Park, where Newcastle was playing host to Arsenal. If goals and plenty of offense are what you consider to be the most entertaining parts of a soccer game, then perhaps you may have an [...]
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Soccer Ref Running For His Life + Benny Hill Theme Song = Instant Classic (Video)
We recently found this clip of a fifth division Argentine referee running for his life and hopping a few fences as he tries to avoid the wrath of several angry players during a game between Union San Guillermo and Atletico Tostado. The video is easily interesting enough to be blog-worthy in our estimation, but as [...]
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Hugo Almeida’s Highlight Reel Goal Is What You Would Expect From Portugal Against Luxembourg (Video)
The Portuguese men’s national soccer team is ranked seventh in the world according to FIFA’s world rankings. Luxembourg is ranked 128th. Portugal has played in five World Cups and five European Championships. Luxembourg has played in zero World Cups and one European Championship. In five EURO 2012 qualifying matches Portugal has accumulated a total of [...]
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It May Not Be Long Before We Get To See Hope Solo Nude!
If you are one of Hope Solo’s 266,671 Twitter followers (as of today at 4:20 pm), you may have noticed the following message posted on her account yesterday: You may have also noticed the following image of Hope dancing in a fountain wearing nothing but a bathrobe. I’m no detective, but it doesn’t take Sherlock [...]
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When Using Your Head Goes Wrong (GIF)
Nine times out of ten, using your head is a good idea, but every now and then that head of yours may fail you. Take the above gif, for example. This soccer player didn’t even intend on using his head, but he did, and the results couldn’t have been any worse. Let this be a [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Coincidence?
FIFA held their preliminary draw for the 2014 World Cup of Soccer in Rio de Janerio on Saturday, and in an effort to ensure that Brazilian soccer would be proudly represented at the event, they asked Ronaldo, a two-time champion and the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup finals history, to draw the teams from [...]
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Here Is A Look At The Worst Goalkeeper In Soccer History (Video)
It can be tough to keep balls out of a soccer goal that is 24 feet wide and 8 feet high, but with that being said, it doesn’t appear as though this female keeper would even be able to keep a soccer ball out of a 6×4 hockey net. Some of these goals conceded by [...]
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Marco Fabian Scores A Barcelona-esque Goal Against Barcelona (Video)
Usually it is Barcelona F.C. earning 4-1 victories and providing fans with world class goals on the pitch. However, last night they were on the receiving end of that type of beating, and those types of goals, as they were not only defeated by Chivas Guadalajara, but they were defeated in style. Earning the majority [...]
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Look Out Behind You!!! (Video)
Soccer players can be some of the most conniving athletes in the world. When they aren’t busy flopping around and faking injuries in an attempt to draw a foul, they can be seen sneaking behind goalkeepers in an effort to steal the ball and score an easy goal. The latter doesn’t work all that often, [...]
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This Luiz Adriano Dive Is Just Pathetic (Video)
I just don’t understand soccer players sometimes. Do some of them have so little respect for themselves that they are willing to have the entire world laugh at their diving antics so that they can get nothing more than a free kick, and maybe a yellow card, out of it? Do they enjoy being the [...]
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Watch Kobe Bryant Score An Own Goal During A Charity Soccer Match (Video)
Kobe Bryant has been making the most of his off-season thus far, hooking up with Derrick Rose for alley-oops in the Philippines and participating in charity soccer matches in the USA. The Lakers’ star was in D.C. on Sunday taking part in Mia Hamm’s Celebrity Soccer Challenge, and as much as I would like to [...]
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Throwing A Ball At The Ref And Kicking Him Will Earn You A Red Card (Video)
Upset after being tripped up by a member of Boa Esporte, Vitoria’s Rildo decided to direct his anger towards the referee. It started with Rildo simply throwing the ball at the official, but after earning himself a second yellow card for his actions, he decided to make his red card worthwhile by kicking the much [...]
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England’s U20 Team Received An Awkward Welcome At A Colombian Airport (Video)
If Colombia’s Under-20 national soccer team had showed up at Heathrow Airport in London, England, no one would probably give a damn. But when England’s Under-20 national team arrived in Colombia for the upcoming World Cup, they were received with the warmest of welcomes, as dozens of female security officers got their groove on with [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Sweet Hat Bro
In poor countries around the world kids in the street often use dozens of tied up plastic bags as soccer balls. Meanwhile, in the African jungles you may come across the sight of an orangutan using a soccer ball as a hat. I’m not so sure if a plastic bag makes for a good hat, [...]
