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Category: Soccer History

The new MSN trident video

Unfortunately we cannot go back in time . The next best thing is a digital recreation by efootball. watch..
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players

Johan Neeskens RIP

One of the greatest footballers of his time,former Netherlands midfielder Johan Neeskens, legend of both Ajax and Barcelona has...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players

Football ( Soccer) originated in Sheffield

Sheffield,it seems, is where the most popular sport in the world was born -rightful undisputed birthplace of codified, organized,...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History

Remembering Man Utd’s Historic Treble

As Manchester City continue their relentless pursuit of the treble let us remember today the day that Man Utd...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History

When Steven Gerrard was the best midfielder in the world..

17 years ago,on the 13th of May, Steven Gerrard led Liverpool to victory against West Ham United in the 2006...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Harry Kane has scored zero goals for England

Harry Kane scored another goal for king and country when he opened the scoring in the Euro 2024 qualifier...
Euro 2024, Soccer History

The art of bicycle kicking – Pele’s regret

Pele had a regret.In his autobiography he said “I have just three-four of my 1,283 goals with a bicycle...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players

Statement from FIFA

How to destroy the beautiful game = FIFA’s stupidity: erasing all videos and clips on social media in order to...
FIFA, FIFA Corruption, Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer History, Soccer Politics

More shock: South Korea pip Uruguay to advance

Hungry like a wolf: Wolves striker Hwang Hee Chan comes up with the winning goal against Portugal Hwang Hee-Chan’s...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Lukaku’s horror show as Belgium crash out of the World Cup

Romelu Lukaku vents his frustration Romelu Lukaku had a final group match to forget. The Belgians were desperate for...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Japan send shock waves beating Spain and topping their group

Ao Tanaka’s goal proved to be the winner The Blue Samurai have done it! They beat Germany, 2-1 in...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Casemiro’s brilliant goal sink obdurate Swiss

Casemiro finally found a hole in the Swiss defence as he lasered a half volley into the far corner...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

USA proves to be England’s bogey team again

England has never beaten the USA. And on the strength of their showing today, this will likely be the...
Soccer History, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Halftime: The USA have come out swinging and England look rattled

It’s not coming home. Not if England play like this. Christian Pulisic just rocked the crossbar and Haji Wright...
Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

A tenner on Enner to score: Netherlands lucky to escape with draw

Enner The Dragon: Valencia now leads 2022 World Cup goalscorers After Cody Gakpo gave Netherlands an early lead with...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Canada has the raw talent: An impressive display against the Belgians

Move over Wayne Gretsky, you have competition. Just getting ahead of myself. Never mind. I watched Canada with my...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo’s soft penalty difference maker: Portugal scrape win against Ghana

Cristiano Penaldo ahem Ronaldo makes history This was a testy match. And it took a really soft penalty decision...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Japan lift Asian hearts shocking Germany!

Brave. Tenacious. Canny. And when needed to be, absolutely devastating on the counter. They also won the physical part....
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

Japan beat Germany 2-1

Wow.  Another upset.  The Germans showed their commitment to human rights in the photo below, but found a way to...
Soccer History, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2022

France missing key players show their potency against game Socceroos

No Karim Benzema. No N’Golo Kante. No Paul Pogba. No problem. The Socceroos took a shock early lead through...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2010, World Cup 2022

Curtains for Cristiano: His Manchester United career is over

By Caravaggio – Self-scanned, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25450745 The inevitable happened. The disgruntled Cristiano Ronaldo will depart Man Utd by...
Cristiano Ronaldo, English Premier League, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Beer Banned…

I don’t think this will be welcomed as good news by the fans: FIFA announced Friday afternoon, a mere...
FIFA, FIFA Corruption, Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, World Cup 2022

Qatar: World Cup of Shame?

Has FIFA damaged the brand of the beautiful game? Undoubtedly yes. “Migrants building a state-of-the-art stadium for the 2022 football...
FIFA Corruption, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, World Cup 2022, World Cup History

Ronaldinho memories…

Ronaldinho shares memories on the 20th anniversary of his debut World Cup. 03/06/2002 data que sempre vai ficar marcada...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players

Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool return

Steven Gerrard joined the Liverpool youth team at the age of nine and went on from strength to strength...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History

Barcelona fans choose Messi’s greatest goal

This goal scored on the 18th of April 2007 when Messi was 19 years old had been fanselected as...
La Liga, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Once upon a time there was a Ronaldo

Once upon a time there was a Cristiano Ronaldo. He was the most electrifying elegant football player that had...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Lifetime Bans for Racist Fans

It’s simple.  If you’re a bigot and you want to express your racist views, do it at home with...
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When Maradona was king

An iconic photograph showing six Belgian defenders lining up to stop Maradona in the 1982 World Cup.Belgium went on...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players

When “In Arsene we trust” begins to look like fascism

Another match, yet another dispiriting loss. This time Arsenal crumbled to West Brom, their fourth league defeat in 5...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History

Ahead of Liverpool, Arsenal face a mountainous shortage in tactical acumen and defenders

The gulf in tactical acumen widens with the re-admission of Mourinho and Guardiola’s debut Premier League opening day weekend...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History

Meanwhile in Deutschland…

The Germans take it to penalties – as usual. Bayern wins again. Watch the nail-biting penalties below >> And...
Bundesliga, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

A Proper FA Cup Final…

English Premier League, FA Cup, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Man U Fights Back! Van Gaal – It’s TIME!

The character of the club is still vintage, “never-give-in” United.  The legend continues. A kid – Jesse Lingard –...
English Premier League, FA Cup, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club

Manchester United’s bus gets attacked on the way to Upton Park

The match against West Ham was delayed by 45 minutes as the Man Utd bus was attacked by fans....
English Premier League, Soccer Culture, Soccer History

West Ham bid farewell to the Boleyn on a high beating Man Utd

An era has ended. The Hammers home of a 112 years saw its last day today. The Boleyn, one...
English Premier League, Soccer History

Strike Force! SoccerBlog interviews Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole

Manchester United’s Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke are linked together for the rest of their lives because of what they accomplished on...
English Premier League, Euro, FA Cup, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

How to Advertise: Copa America and the Donald

No words:
Copa America, Soccer History, Soccer Humor, Soccer Site Reviews, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

Cagliari fans cheer Claudio Ranieri for Leicester City triumph

Claudio Ranieri led Cagliari from the depths of Serie C to Serie A in his three seasons as manager...
English Premier League, Serie A, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History

Johan Cruyff’s legacy recognized by posthumous Laureus award

Johan Cruyff is such a giant of the game, generations of footballers and coaches will continue to feel the...
Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players

Kevin De Bruyne fires Man City over PSG into historic semi-final spot, 1-0 (agg 3-2)

In the dying minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic laid a body check on Nicolas Otamendi, a snapshot of the giant frustrating...
Champions League, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Nigel De Jong is up to his old tricks: Darlington Nagbe his latest victim

A horrific leg breaking tackle by Nigel De Jong? Noooo, say it isn’t so. The latest victim Darlington Nagbe...
MLS, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Not a dry eye: Dortmund and Liverpool fans unite to sing soul stirring YNWA

This is why we love the game.
Europa Cup, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

Wes Morgan sinks Southampton as Leicester keep their tryst with history

We can stop pinching ourselves. Leicester. Will. Be. Champions. Claudio Ranieri is a special coach (as opposed to The...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

England’s basis for optimism: Club level resilience and collectivism

Jamie Vardy’s brilliant improvisation and first England goal There is the usual plethora of opposing reactions to the Three...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Ten best things Johan Cruyff did

1. With Rinus Michels, gave the world total football, revolutionizing the game, adopted by clubs like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Dutch master and football’s savant Johan Cruyff passes away at age 68

One of the game’s legends has passed on fighting till the very end his battle with cancer. Johan Cruyff...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Van Gaal falls short

The tragic events that have befallen Manchester United are being treated with some irreverence here. Louis van Gaal falls...
Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

A bit of history: Arsenal’s first Emirates win was against Dinamo Zagreb

Arsenal are in Group F of this season’s Champions League and one the sides they face is Dinamo Zagreb....
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Hristo Stoichkov is not a big fan of Louis Van Gaal

Pedro, Barca’s forward now deemed surplus to his side’s requirements with Neymar Jr, Luis Suarez, and Leo Messi powering...
English Premier League, La Liga, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Jose Mourinho is giving Donald Trump a run for his money

Jose Mourinho was essentially run out of Real Madrid because in part, in his fevered imagination he was the...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History

Alcides Ghiggia the architect of the Maracanazo passes away

The worst Brazilian defeat? The 7-1 pasting at the hands of Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Try again....
Soccer History, Soccer Players, World Cup History

2015 Gold Cup: A Caribbean shift in CONCACAF at the expense of Central America

Jamaica sits atop Group B, Trinidad and Tobago the same in Group C. Two group winners and with Cuba...
Soccer History, Soccer Teams - National

Iker Casillas banished from Real Madrid to Porto

When is a transfer not a transfer? When the club’s CEO is Florentino Perez, who runs Real Madrid. The...
La Liga, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club
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