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World Cup Soccer Stadiums To Have Special Section For Obese Fans

Joe Student — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:01:10 +0000

Big soccer fans? Bigger seats. When soccer's World Cup heads to Brazil in 2014, the arenas used in hosting the games that determine soccer's world champion will be equipped with specially designed seats designated for obese

MLS Team To Put All of Its Season Ticket Holders' Names on Jerseys

Joe Student — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:49:39 +0000

Season ticket holders often feel like they are a part of the team. One Major League Soccer club is validating that feeling by putting the names of season ticket holders onto its primary uniform (called kits in soccer).

The MLS Colorado Rapids will use the names of all 1,451 fans who are season ticket holders in tiny print on its primary kit. The burgund

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 12:15:35 +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 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:30:27 +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 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:38:23 +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 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:44:15 +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 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:30:24 +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 [...]

Dad's Soccer Practice With Son Goes Terribly Wrong

Emerald Catron — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:13:06 +0000

We’re having a bit of an ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ day here. First there was the incredibly painful faceplant compilation, and now we’ve got this kid getting smacked right in the face with a soccer ball by his dad. It’s not clear if dad’s intention was to teach the kid how to be a goalie [...]

Women's Bikini Clad Soccer Team

Harley Myles — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:04:06 +0000

Wherever there is a legitimate sport, where women are fighting hard to be recognized as competitors, there are hotter women, who are willing to exploit themselves, and overshadow the actual athletes.

But This particular "bikini sporting event" isn't exactly like that. This is an actual Women's pro soccer team in Russia that is just cash strapped enough to pull such a stunt, to put butts in the seats. They've promised to play their next match, wearing only bikinis.