Score another one for MLS, whose teams make sure their players can’t afford to travel to Tenerife in the first place.
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I want to hate Neymar but damnit, I can’t. He’s ridiculously talented, still a work in progress, and looks like he’s having fun. Ronaldo plays like he wants to stamp his ego on everything, Messi is inhuman, Zlatan’s just kind of nutty, but Neymar just looks happy when he’s playing. Read more

Holy fuck, at this point I have to believe that the people making these highlight videos are in an arms race trying to outdo each other by finding the worst possible music to play in the background of the videos. Read more

Shouldn’t this be on Gawker?

I’ll see myself out. Read more

Granted I’m biased, but like... come on.

Same in England. In the FA Cup, Premier League teams are expected to bring their best team even against lower division opponents and not attacking is disrespectful. Read more

This is also the group rounds, so margin of victory matters. Read more

This reminds me of the debate about the German men’s team running it up on Brazil last summer. The gist being that in most countries running the score up is disrespectful, but in Germany taking it easy on your opponent is seen as disrespectful. Read more

I would not stop with the defense of Côte d’Ivoire, in the first half of their offense was ridiculous as well. Within ten minutes of game, I saw three times when they managed to a great pass/rush from midfield and have one player with the ball do the run towards the German goal with defense running behind her. In none… Read more

Small irony that it’s a mirror image of a classic Robben approach and shot. Read more

That goal was so impressive. Overall I’ve been surprised by the Netherlands, even with Deadspin giving the headsup on them, as their game is really pleasant to watch. There is still some hesitation and bad passing at times, but considering how young they are, this is really impressive. Read more

I was at the match - amazing and friendly atmosphere at the stadium, the Dutch fans were even singing the U.S. national anthem. It was evident that the U.S. was happy to sit back and counter while the Netherlands stroked the ball around and generally behaved like the confident hosts they had every right to feel like.… Read more

Even if you watched the match on ESPN and just came in here to comment, make sure you watch the video (which is not from ESPN). The call of the winning goal is really something special. Read more

FIFA has a deal. Read more

Leicester City has announced that the Pearson, Hopper, and Smith are to be suspended indefinitely, starting immediately. Team officials cited their own internal standards of professional conduct, which requires that all players film potentially embarrassing videos in landscape. Read more

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holy shit, he got good at this baseball thing real quick Read more

And here I would’ve thought the goalkeeper’s instinct would’ve been to stop the ball rocketing towards him. Read more

What an idiot. He’s allowed to use his hands. Read more

Finally found it from the site of the official federation of soccer in Peru, and get a load of this: Read more