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Toddler Scores Soccer Goal, Causes Thousands of Fans to Chant 'Sign Him Up!'

Dave Wheaton — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:02 +0000

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.

5 Things to Know About Soccer to Trick People Into Thinking You Know Something About Soccer

Roberto Curtis — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:47:09 +0000

The pace of the match is too slow. A nil nil match can sometimes be considered a terrific result. Players dive better than Olympic swimmers. Bunch of pansies if you ask me. It’s the least watched major sport in the United States and sure, criticisms abound, but one thing is indisputable. Soccer is the world’s [...]

Youth Soccer League to Fight Flu By Outlawing High-Fives

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:15:35 +0000

Everyone knows you can’t use your hands in soccer, but that’s causing quite a stir in New York City. The Big Apple’s youth Manhattan Soccer Club has banned kids from giving high-fives and fist bumps as a way to combat the flu outbreak in the city. The club sent an email this week to parents [...]

Peru Goalie Makes Incredible Double-Save

Joe Student — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:30:11 +0000

Uruguay’s Gonzalo Bueno should have scored a clinching goal against Peru last week in a game between the nations’ Under-20 teams. Bueno DIDN’T score, because Peruvian goalkeeper Angelo Campos may be the fastest man in South America. Watch: With Peru trailing 3-2, Campos charged out to corral the ball. When he missed, Bueno had an [...]

The Greatest Soccer Ball Juggler Ever Has Some Moves to Show You

Ben Chew — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:30:27 +0000

The dude in the above video has soccer ball juggling down to a science. His name is Iya Traore, and almost daily, he puts on astounding performance of balance and skill with a soccer ball at the Sacre Coeur in Paris, France. Traore is a professional soccer juggler (yep, that’s a thing apparently) and performs [...]

Minnesota High School Soccer Game Ends in Epic Brawl

Ben Chew — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:38:23 +0000

Last week, a Minnesota high school soccer match between Totino-Grace and Prairie Seeds Academy was supposed to decide who would move on in the State Class A tournament, but instead, the game was marred by an epic brawl. In the final seconds of the game with Prairie Seeds up 2-1, a Prairie Seeds forward got [...]

Singapore Soccer Team Forced to Pay Money for Sucking So Bad?

Tom Barrabi — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:44:15 +0000

If you suck at soccer in Singapore, you better be ready to pay up. The country’s top men’s soccer organization, known as the S.League, has decided that mere humiliation isn’t enough of a punishment for its doormats. Starting next season, any team that finishes in last or second-to-last place will be slapped with a fine [...]

Watch This Female Soccer Player Knee an Opponent In the Face — On Purpose

Ben Chew — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:30:24 +0000

In the heat of athletic competition, high school athletes can lose their cool from time to time. That’s exactly what happened to one high school soccer player in Utah who decided to knee her opponent right in the face. During a recent match between East High and Woods Cross, East High’s Petiola Manu was battling [...]

Soccer Player Makes Diving Save, Slides Groin-First Into Goalpost

Ben Chew — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:20:25 +0000

There are times in sports where giving that little bit of extra effort is a good thing but don’t tell that to one Polish soccer player who took one for the team while saving a goal. Polish defender Lukasz Piszczek of the reigning German Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund was the last line of defense during [...]

Dad Teaches Toddler to Be Soccer Goalie – Hilarious Epic Fail

Frank Pain — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:08:04 +0000

What happens when a dad thought it was a good idea to place his toddler at the goalie position while he made a shot on goal? If I told you then that would ruin half the fun. Watch it for yourself. Yes, Chaz and I both laughed our butts off. We’re both parents and feel [...]

Ukrainian Soccer Fan Attempts to Choke Ref During Match

Ben Chew — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:00:27 +0000

There are plenty of sports fan who would love to attack an umpire or an official but most wouldn’t go through with it if presented the opportunity. However, one Ukrainian soccer fan attending the Chernomorets/FC Metalist match this week decided to attack a linesman and nearly strangled him to death. As the referees gathered together [...]

Watch an Amazing Footless Boy Play Soccer

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:48:26 +0000

There is a reason soccer is called football around the world. Yet 11-year-old Gabriel Muniz has been able to excel at the sport despite being born without feet. Gabriel wears prosthetics most of the time, but they would slow him down on the soccer field. So he amazingly runs around on his stumps, looking no [...]

Homecoming Queen Brianna Amat Nails Winning Field Goal [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:24:12 +0000

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.

Squirrel Rushes the Field at Women's Soccer Game [VIDEO]

Chris Illuminati — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:13:06 +0000

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.

Bin Laden Paid Neighborhood Kids for Soccer Balls Lost Into His Compound [VIDEO]

KEAN 105.1 Staff — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:09:51 +0000

As we try to unwrap the mystery of how the world's most wanted man was able to hide in an affluent Pakistani suburb - in a house located only 1,000 yards away from Pakistan's equivalent of West Point Military Academy, no less - the folks at NBC have offered up a bizarre detail of Osama bin Laden's domestic life.

Acording to reporter Tazeen Ahmed, when neighborhood kids would mistakenly kick soccer balls over the walls of bin Laden's compound, they would not be returned. Instead, someone would appear at the gate and offer the children money to buy a new soccer ball.