5 hours ago It never ceases to amaze me how a small child can capture your attention, just by behaving like a kid. My kids do it all the time. So, what should you expect would happen when you give a toddler a ball in a large field? Maybe it's worth mentioning that there was a stadium full of fans cheering his every move.
Everyone knows you can’t use your hands in soccer, but that’s causing quite a stir in New York City.
February 29, 2012 On February 26th, in the La Liga match between Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the game-winning goal on a backheel kick. Ronaldo, as he is commonly known, is arguably the best soccer player ever, so seeing remarkable shots like this aren't uncommon but a game-winning backheel goal is still amazing.
During his club team Everton’s English Premier League match against Bolton, US National Team goalkeeper Tim Howard did the almost impossible– he scored while clearing the ball from his own goal area.
Two Iranian soccer players have been suspended from the sport indefinitely, fined nearly $40,000 each, and could face public lashings for a celebratory butt-grab after their team won a match last Saturday. That’s one costly pat on the rump.
Eighteen-year-old Brianna Amat of Pinckney, Michigan is a former soccer player who found her stellar kicking skills were better utilized on the varsity football team.
During Friday night’s game, she was called from the locker room at half-time to accept a crown. The popular senior had been voted Pinckney High School’s homecoming queen.
Soccer star Walter Pandiani of RCD Espanyol won a match against the Getafe football club this weekend with a last-minute goal. Naturally, the press wanted to talk to him immediately, but with no time to shower, Pandiani couldn’t stop sweating through the entire interview and soaked his dress shirt clean through by the conversation’s end.
September 1, 2011
If you think soccer is a low-scoring sport now, just wait until the robot goalies take over. This prototype of a mechanical goalkeeper isn’t ready for a regulation net, but is able to flawlessly protect his indoor soccer-sized goal from some pretty tough shots using GPS-like technology.
Next, they should probably program the net-minding bot to take dives.
A squirrel ran onto the field at a women’s soccer match this weekend in what was either an attempt to either make the team or ask one of the women out on a date. If it’s the former, he didn’t help his cause by running around in circles and then laying down. If it was the latter, well he was darn adorable, so one of the ladies might say yes.
