Much was made this weekend about Wayne Rooney’s quirky goal taken a few steps in from midfield. But to my eye, Alex Tettey’s volley for Norwich (vs. Sunderland) shames it. What it also does is remind me of a goal…
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You Need To See Lionel Messi’s Free Kick Vs. Almeira
Oh my. Oh me oh my. Lionel Messi is getting himself back to peak form just in time for the World Cup, is he not? I shouldn’t be amazed by his magic on the pitch, after seeing so many indescribable…
Watch Lionel Messi Score A Goalazo In A Monsoon
Before Sunday, it felt like it’d been forever and a few months since I’d seen Lionel Messi score the type of goal with which the world has become accustomed with him scoring. This could be, in part, because of the…
Check Out The Goal That Kept Mexico’s Dreams Of World Cup Qualification Alive
So I was out at a neighborhood watering hole last night and caught the Mexico/Panama World Cup qualifier out of the corner of my eye in a corner of the bar. Two Mexican fellows were watching it, so I joined…
Check Out (The Assist On) Antoine Hoppenot’s Goal For The Phila. Union Last Night
Aaron Wheeler’s nifty little back-heel pass to Antoine Hoppenot to seal the Philadelphia Union’s labored win over the shorthanded Vancouver Whitecaps was so eminently Barca-ian, I stopped counting the seconds until La Liga’s season begins, if only for a few…
Check Out This 35+ Yard Goal In An Argentine Bottom-Feeder Soccer Match
Independiente defeated Tigre 2-0 in their Argentine Primera A league match today. But you already knew that, considering it was a matchup between the 18th and 19th place teams in their 20-team league. But lo and behold, Adrian Fernandez one-timed…
The Best Dunk I’ve Ever Seen Live [Updated]
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 78, Georgetown Hoyas 68. (Gif H/T Bubbaprog) My story from NewsWorks (excerpt): Fieler was asked whether he had ever jumped as high as he did on that alley-oop. He said he thinks he may have. Maybe.…
Whose Free Kick Was Better: Gareth Bale or Lionel Messi?
In Thursday’s Europa League match vs. Lyon, Tottenham’s Gareth Bale unleashed this dipping free kick over the wall and under the keeper: In Saturday’s La Liga match vs. Grenada, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi got all free-kick fancy bending this strike through…
This Iniesta-to-Sanchez Assist is a Thing of Pure Barca Beauty
Barcelona beat Getafe 6-1 earlier today. This play stood out as, well, majesterial. Andres Iniesta just places that ball perfectly in Alexis Sanchez’s path. Barca!
Here’s A Great Honduras Goal From Yesterday’s Sad USMNT World Cup Qualifier
Shortly after Clint Dempsey scored a cheeky lil goal to put the U.S. Men’s National Team up 1-0 vs. Honduras in yesterday’s away-game World Cup qualifier, Juan Carlos Garcia did this to the ball -> Damn good. Oh, the home…