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On Wednesday, Abby Wambach played her final game as a member of the United States women's national soccer team. The country's all-time leading goal scorer, male or female, started and played 70 some minutes in an exhibition game against China. And while the game wouldn't have the storybook ending most were hoping for -- the U.S. wound up losing 0-1, ending their 104-match unbeaten streak on American soil -- it was actually quite symbolic for Wambach. Read More »
Not only were Team USA's World Cup dreams on the line this week but also so was the relationship of Carli Lloyd and her fiancé Brian Hollins. According to the World Cup hero, she blocked Hollins from coming to the game. According to Lloyd, it's for the good of the team and their relationship because friends and family distract her. Hollins made plans to come but she had him stay away. Read More »
International football, or soccer, is called "the beautiful sport" for a number of reasons, but a recent event in an MLS game this week has us second guessing the moniker. When Real Salt Lake player Luke Mulholland was worried a loose ball could've made it into his team's goal, he protected the near post like any good player would do. He also kept his eye on the ball, like a solid player does in a situation like this, but unfortunately took his eye of the post and paid dearly for it. Check out this funny viral fail video below to see what we mean! Read More »
Rumors suggest that "FourFiveSeconds" songstress Rihanna is currently dating Real Madrid superstar, Karim Benzema. Just a few days later, aspiring model Karrueche Tran was spotted "cuddling-up" with Manchester United hottie, Memphis Depay. Now, battle of the sexier "footballer" boyfriend is officially on! Read More »
This week several high-ranking FIFA executives were arrested by Swiss authorities in a hotel room by the Alps. The group was brought in on conspiracy charges. After the sting FIFA President Sepp Blatter claimed his innocence but Swiss authorities will still be going after him. As of now, they're investigating the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The Swiss Attorney General's office is currently carrying out a criminal probe into how the tournaments were granted to Russia and Qatar. Read More »
On Wednesday morning the world of professional soccer was turned upside down when several officials in FIFA were arrested in Switzerland on corruption charges. The charges were made against Eduardo Li, Jeffrey Webb, Eugenio Figueredo, Jack Warner, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel, Jose Maria Marin and Nicolàs Leoz. While these officials were charged, FIFA's president Sepp Blatter, who is considered one of the most powerful men in sports, was not one of the men arrested. Read More »
Adu is now 25 and looking for his next job. He tweeted to those who believe he got released from Jagodina. "Easy guys," Adu tweeted. "I signed a 6 month contract. And it's done now. I didn't get "released." Knew I was leaving a few months ago." Read More »
This is more than just a high point in Ronaldo's career. The forward recently won the Club World Cup last week with Real Madrid. SBNation reports Ronaldo is the only player to win all of soccer's major awards — Golden Boot, Ballon d'Or, Champions League cup, Club World Cup — with two teams. Ronaldo starred for Manchester United before joining Madrid. He became the highest earner in Spanish football after signing a new five-year contact worth €17 million per year in 2013, according to ESPN. So he's deserving of a statue. But that doesn't mean the statute can't be off-putting. Or funny. Or hilariously off-putting. Read More »
It came down to penalty shots, but Napoli defeated Juventus to win the Italian Super Cup Monday, Dec. 22, according to the Associated Press, via "Sports Illustrated." Napoli goaltender Rafael made the winning save on Juventus's Simone Padoin on the final shot after Kalidou Koulibaly converted for Napoli. The shoot-out decided a match that had been stalled at 2-2 after extra time. The tension of the match was matched only by the anticipation of it, as the Super Cup is usually played in August, according to Football Italia. But this year, fans had to wait months due to scheduling conflicts and international commitments to see the winner. They got their money's worth, but the largely Juventus-supporting crowd of 14,000 ultimately went home disappointed. Read More »
Other intriguing matchups include Arsenal taking on Monaco, as Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gets a chance to play his former team. "I'm not against it at all," Wenger told the Daily Mail. "It would be a visit to my first home. Of course I would love to go there. Also look out for Chelsea, who was paired with Ligue 1 champs Saint-Germain in a game that pins David Luiz against his former club. Read More »
Yasiel Puig spent last week celebrating his 24th birthday appearing on video game covers and selling a whole mess of vitamin water. How would the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar follow that? Could it be topped? Turns out he spent this week — during which the Dodgers completely overhauled their roster — mainly chilling. That is, according to his Instragram. Puig made nine posts to Instagram this week, an Adrian Gonzalez-like slow week for him that started with a snap of him and DJ Khaled because, you know, they the best. But after that things died down in the life of Yasiel Puig, which apparently means playing a lot of FIFA. Puig's from Cuba and he's 24, so the fact that he unwinds with FIFA isn't exactly a suprise. But that he's this proud of his wins maybe is. Puig published four FIFA videos to Instagram this week, the first three followed immediately by two of grainy footage of a muscular man climbing out of a pool. Boy, would a translator help out here. Then a day later Puig honored his fellow Los Angeles sports star Kobe Bryant with a fitting tribute when Bryant passed Michael Jordan to become third on the all-time NBA scoring list. The photo is a graphic of Bryant driving to the hoop and Puig, next to him, bowing — because it seems that trip to Japan had a lasting impression on young Yasiel. Above the graphic is a list of the NBA all-time scoring leaderboard, with Bryant highlighted above Jordan. Maybe this is an elaborate marketing ploy by Puig to make him more L.A.-likable, or maybe the kid just admires greatness. He has the potential for it one day for sure. Read More »
All must be considered with a question mark attached to the end. Read More »
Tony Romo has had an elite-level NFL season, but he's finally starting to admit that he's hurting worse than many believed, which could lead to the return of Brandon Weeden, which many Dallas Cowboys fans would be unhappy with. Perhaps DeMarco Murray's strong running game has allowed Romo to rest more than many QB would get to, and that might be the main reason he's still in the team. With the big aspirations the Cowboys carry, can they depend on the injury-hit Romo? Read More »
