By now, you’ve probably seen the pictures of Laisa Andrioli, a 20-year old soccer player for Brazil’s National Women’s team, going around the net. If not, you are in for a treat, especially when you consider her apparent allergies to articles of clothing. That’s right, Laisa made headlines and heads turn as she [...]

Saw this on Digg and I thought I should share.

As a soccer player who has himself kicked an own goal, let me just say they suck. There’s aren’t very many feelings worse than knowing you just hurt your team. But see, if the goalie would’ve stopped the damn ball, my back-pass [...]

There’s nothing quite like seeing a free-kick struck with accuracy and authority; one that fools the goalie so bad they’re left twisting in the wind like a wet noodle. Thanks to 101 Great Goals, we have video of Kevin Schindler and his brilliant strike against the Spiel Kickers Emden in an under-23 match.

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Recently, I wrote a post over at Epic Carnival discussing overzealous sports fans. I think the moron responsible for the bottle being thrown qualifies. The goalie, Armando Ribeiro, was taken to the hospital but has no apparent permanent injuries.
Thankfully, the wunderkind who threw the bottle was detained by stadium security. Perhaps they [...]

Yes, we’ve all heard the adage, “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.” However, have you have heard it in the form of “I went to a soccer game and a Karate sparing match broke out?” Well, thanks to the China/Japan match-up, you have now. The match took place on [...]

Here’s a great compilation of missed goals, gathered by the fine folks at Meview. Some of these are hard to believe:

I guess it’s safe to say some of these guys had a bad day. Found via Fark Sports.