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Category: Gossip/Trash Talk

The Discipline of Futsal

It’s no surprise that the best players in the world – Kaká, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Ronaldo, and Marta all started...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Videos

Beckham at Right-Back?

Leonardo suggests that Becks may have to fill in as a defender at AC Milan. Let’s hope they don’t...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Inspiration of the Year

The members of the Iranian team who wore green in support of the green revolution.Some of them were booted...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National

SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Idiot of the Year

And the award goes to: FIFA. What’s that you say about fair play?
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National

SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Goal of the Year

Nilmar. Enough said. I just hope Dunga takes him to SA!
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Player of the Year

The winner: Lionel Messi. The video doesn’t do him justice. The tragedy here is that with Maradona as coach,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2010

[UPDATED] SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Coach of the Year

Hold on. We have a new Coach of the Year. After reading NSider’s comment, and deliberating for 2 minutes,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics

The SoccerBlog Awards 2009

Since we’re in a giving mood here at Soccer Blog, we’ve decided to end the year by handing out...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills

A Christmas present for Blatter

A PSV Media application that works on an iphone.It helps the viewer to judge if a player is offside.If...
Gossip/Trash Talk

The last days of Graeme Souness

Julian Dicks: The end of the “Liverpool culture.” Graeme Souness has been on Rafa Benitez’s back fearing a “meltdown”...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

An Everton move improves Donovan’s all around game

Landon Donovan has a way of disappearing as observed in the MLS final against Real Salt Lake, excepting for...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Alisher Usmanov increases Arsenal stake

It is a two way battle between Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov and the balance of power lies with...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: A live version of K’naan’s “Waving Flag”

Canada may not be in the World Cup but one of their own will prove ubiquitous. Somalia-born Toronto raised,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2010

Nadir Belhadj to quit Pompey

Belhadj is not a happy camper at Portsmouth The Algerian wingback and a pivotal player in the national squad’s...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Rafa: Arsenal game begins “a new season”

Wenger might have to contend with the return of Fernando Torres and the possible first full introduction of Alberto...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Notts County is ready for a third takeover

The picture continues to get grainier in Notts County’s ownership saga. The latest sees Sven Goran Ericksson as a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Brilliant Balotelli leads Inter to victory

Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Mario Balotelli’s nifty cutback sets up Samuel Eto’o’s goal after Javier Zanetti’s excellent...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Landon Donovan heading to Everton?

Needed midfielder to fill perennially injured Mikael Arteta’s shoes. The buzz is that Landon Donovan is heading to Everton...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Will Arsenal get to see Aquilani?

After seeing tantalizing morsels of the AS Roma player, Rafa Benitez will start Alberto Aquilani in the Fiorentina match...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Ascoli get the “grandi gesture di fairplay”

Nice bit of sportsmanship by Ascoli.
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Leo Messi: Favourite to win FIFA world player of the year

Leo Messi heads a Barcelona contingent to the top five world players of the year category with Andres Iniesta...
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Video: Marchisio proves Mourinho’s achilles heel

Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Rough match with Buffon going at it with Thiago Motta. Sissoko being felled...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Will the AFL sabotage Oz’s 2018/2022 World Cup chances?

”How much do you want this World Cup?” Demetriou was asking his constituents. ”Enough to miss an entire footy...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

World Cup 2010: The Springboks back Bafana Bafana

The 1995 Springboks are celluloid heroes too After praying for New Zealand, Paraguay, and Slovenia but instead getting, Mexico,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

World Cup 2010: Dunga rubs it in against Portugal

Remember Raymond Domenech starting a furore before the Ireland vs France playoff by purportedly calling the Irish, England’s B...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

Spain installed as bookies favourite to win World Cup

Group H with Honduras, Chile, and Switzerland should be a cakewalk for Spain. As a result bookies have pushed...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

Video: Arsenal smoke Stoke, 2-0

Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Arsene Wenger made sure Tony Pulis was the recipient of a lingering handshake....
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

The non handshake that was heard around the world

Amy Lawrence weighs in on the hypocrisy of English mores and Wenger decries the mentality of awarding the ceremonial...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Ronald Koeman is out of a job

Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar sack Ronald Koeman. The club lies in 6th place far behind league leaders FC Twente...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

The Slovenians target Rooney

Tapes featuring Wayne Rooney are being played ad nauseum for the Slovenian national team to motivate them. Their dislike...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Why the USA is already going about it the wrong way?

Robert Koren will be a player to watch The focus has already shifted to England. Bob Bradley on how...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

World Cup draw: The USA should be ecstatic

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, and Slovenia If the USA does not get out of this group, we can...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Arshavin joins the doubters

This is not a good sign. First, Tomas Rosicky practically wrote of our chances. Now it is Arshavin who...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: The incomparable Miriam Makeba

Sadly, Miriam Makeba passed away a year ago. Having her on stage would have been a treat. However, she...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

And for the yearning masses, here is Charlize

The delectable Charlize Theron will be co-hosting the World Cup draw. She is part of a star studded group...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

World Cup 2010: SA expects a quid pro quo

SAFA officials are expecting a lot of hand holding when it comes to the draw to ensure that Bafana...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Walcott is a doubt for the Stoke game

Theo Walcott’s infernal hamstring injury has resurfaced again. He is likely to miss the Stoke City match. Wenger was...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Carlos Bilardo to attend the World Cup draw

Diego Maradona has been suspended by FIFA for two months so he won’t be able to attend the World...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

World Cup 2010 draw: What do past trends hold for the USA?

1990 World Cup- USA faced three European teams- Italy, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. The USA lost all three matches, failed...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

SA 2010 and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus

I’d love to see the Bafana Bafana win the World Cup, but in the meantime this movie will have...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Culture, World Cup 2010

CONMEBOL coaches pick Marcelo Bielsa

The coaches of the CONMEBOL zone weighed in on each countries performance. Marcelo Bielsa aka El Loco was chosen...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, World Cup 2010

World Cup 2010: USA vs Italy redux?

Who should the US face in their group? Purely on a motivational level, the best seeded team that the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

FIFA’s extra-ordinary executive meeting achieved nothing

Sepp Blatter convened an extra-ordinary meeting in Cape Town as if the future of the game was on the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Thierry Henry faces a possible first match ban

Sepp Blatter disclosed that FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has opened an investigation into the ‘behaviour’ of Thierry Henry and they...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010

Video: City clobber young Guns, 3-0

An unhappy end to Arsenal’s Carling Cup run. Their defense was shambolic.Tomas Rosicky lost two balls that led to...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

The young Guns (and a few old) take on City

Craig Eastmond strains every sinew Manchester City – Arsenal Carling Cup Wednesday, December 02, 2009 2:45 PM (ET) The...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger being small minded about Drogba?

Catch me a clue. Where was Wenger being small minded about Didier Drogba as claimed by The Guardian’s Kevin...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

It’s good to be a football agent

Clubs splashing the cash on the middlemen. Not a story that gets enough attention: 1 Man City £12,874,283 2...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Teams - Club

The FAI appeal to FIFA borders on the ridiculous

What is the FAI chief, John Delaney smoking? Thirty three teams for the World Cup? The Republic of Ireland...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup History

Messi wins the Ballon D’Or

Well deserved win for the man who occupied centerstage in Barca’s glorious treble – The Champions League, the Liga...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

El Clasico: Messi meets Ronaldo

Here we are. This is the true test – will Real’s money win over Barcelona? Who is the best...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Video: Maradona using his hand on 3 other occasions

N. Waleed sends us this clip with Maradona using his hand on three other occasions apart from the infamous...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Videos, World Cup History

Dani Alves: Madrid clings to one player

Dani Alves on the showdown between Real and Barca at Camp Nou and the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo will...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

2018 World Cup: Jack Warner’s many sided mouth

Jack Warner must be basking in all the love and affection he is getting from the USA, Australia, and...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History
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