Tag Archives: great goal
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Another Day, Another Amazing Playoff Goal by Sidney Crosby (Video)
How good was the goal Sidney Crosby scored against the Ottawa Senators last night? So good that it’s the only one of the Penguins’ seven that anyone will ever remember. After coming out on top in a must-win Game 3 earlier this week, the Sens managed to get to the third period of Game 4 [...]
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Sidney Crosby Scores Highlight Reel Goal Reminiscent of Another Legendary Penguins Playoff Goal (Videos)
The mighty Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t torn the New York Islanders limb from limb in their opening round playoff series the way most people probably assumed they would. In fact, after winning Game 1 without their best player—one Sidney Crosby—the Penguins then went and lost two of their next three games, causing some to speculate that [...]
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Turkish Soccer Player Scores Ridiculous Scorpion Volley Goal (Video)
The scorpion kick is a soccer play that became famous when Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita did it in a friendly against England in 1995. What happens is this: you let the ball go over your head and behind your back, then you dive forward and kick the ball with the back of your heels—the way [...]
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Mario Balotelli Scored a Gorgeous Goal for Italy Against Brazil Yesterday (Video)
Sometimes you forget why everybody makes such a big deal about Mario Balotelli all the time. After all, he’s not the first unpredictable, eccentric character in the history of pro sports, and he certainly won’t be the last. But then “Super Mario” goes and scores a brilliant goal, and you remember why he’s a big [...]
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Gareth Bale Scores Another Amazing Goal for Tottenham (Video + GIF)
Gareth Bale: remember the name. Just two weeks ago we told you about an incredible, physics-defying goal that the 23-year-old Welshman scored for Tottenham Hotspur against Lyon in Champions League play. It was one of two on the night for Bale, and it extended his hot streak to 7 goals in 5 games for club and [...]
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Hulk, Gareth Bale and Samuel Umtiti Deliver World Class Goals During Europa League (GIFs)
The UEFA Europa League is kind of like the NIT in basketball—a sort of second-tier consolation tournament for European soccer clubs who didn’t make it to “the big dance” that is the Champions League. However, that doesn’t mean the quality of play is not still excellent. Just like the NIT in relation to the NCAA [...]
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High School Hockey Player Scores Amazing Lacrosse-Style Goal (Video)
In lacrosse, a lacrosse goal is just a goal. But in hockey, a lacrosse goal is something very special. I know that sounded like gibberish, but bear with me. You see, a so-called “lacrosse goal” in hockey is when a player picks up the puck with his stick and throws it in the net like [...]
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Amazing Goal at Charity Soccer Game Proves Zinedine Zidane Still Has It (Video)
To people who only casually follow soccer, Zinedine Zidane is almost certainly best-known as “that guy who headbutted that other guy in the Final of the 2006 World Cup.” However, to serious soccer fans, the Algerian-born Frenchman is known as arguably the best player of his generation and the guy who led France to their [...]
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Brazil’s Falcao Scores Ridiculous Futsal Goal (Video)
Futsal is a version of soccer played on a smaller field with fewer players, usually indoors. Though it’s not really that popular in North America, it is popular recreationally throughout the rest of the soccer-loving world. And of course, in soccer-mad Brazil they even have a pretty popular professional futsal league. The greatest superstar of [...]
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FIFA Announces Three Finalists for Puskás Award, a.k.a. Goal of the Year Award (Videos)
On Tuesday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, FIFA announced the three finalists (whittled down from ten) for the Puskás Award, which is given to the soccer player—male or female—deemed to have scored the best goal in the world in 2012. The world soccer governing body created the award in 2009 and named it after Ferenc Puskás. [...]
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This Field Hockey Goal Is Ridiculously Awesome (Video)
You might assume upon reading the title of this post that, with the NHL lockout still ongoing, we here at TotalProSports are getting really desperate for some kind of hockey highlights to fill the void. And while, yes, that is sort of true, the fact is that this field hockey goal is so awesome that [...]
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Nikolay Zherdev Score A Gorgeous Goal For The KHL’s Atlant Moscow (Video)
Yesterday we showed you a ridiculous goal that soccer fan Pavel Datsyuk scored using his head, and we told you that just because there’s no NHL, that won’t mean the end of hockey highlights. Well, as promised, today we have yet another great highlight from the KHL. This time it’s a goal by the enigmatic [...]
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Pavel Datsyuk Scores Goal With His Head During KHL Game (Video)
This stupid NHL lockout may delay the start of the 2012-13 season or even kill the thing altogether. However, hockey fans don’t need to worry. Even if we lose the NHL season, we here at TotalProSports.com will still bring you great hockey highlights this winter. They’ll just be from the KHL. And why not? The [...]
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One-Legged Soccer Player Scores Amazing Scissor Kick Goal (Video)
I’ve seen a lot of really great soccer goals in my day. In fact, I’ve seen some pretty great goals already this season. But I don’t ever recall seeing a goal quite like the one you’re about to see. It was scored by a kid named Nico Calabria. He’s a high school junior who plays [...]
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Cristiano Ronaldo Backheel And Lionel Messi Free Kick Goals Highlight Spanish Super Cup (Videos)
Who is the best soccer player in the world—Lionel Messi, or Cristiano Ronaldo? And don’t get cute and say “Wayne Rooney.” I’m trying to set up some drama, here. You see, this week Barcelona and Real Madrid faced off in the two-legged Supercopa de España, which pits the winner of La Liga against the [...]
