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Huddersfield Coach David Wagner Violated First Rule For Best Man Speeches At Jurgen Klopp’s Wedding

Huddersfield Town coach David Wagner violated the first rule of giving a good best man speech at a wedding. While many things go into an appropriate, meaningful and still funny best man speech, it is absolutely vital that one remain relatively sober during the discourse. At Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp’s wedding in 2005, Wagner did not heed this advice.

Defensor argentino expulsado a 9 segundos de partido

¿Qué puede hacer una persona en nueve segundos?

-Montar un toro el tiempo suficiente para otorgar puntos.

-Ejecutar la ofensiva de Mike D'Antoni.

-Carrera de arrastre de un cuarto de milla si su automóvil es lo suficientemente rápido.

-Mirar ese comercial de Miller High Life en Super Bowl.

-Decidir que "The Chainsmokers" son horribles.

-Toma una decisión que tendrá REPERCUSIONES INVISIBLES que afectarán EL RESTO DE TU VIDA.

After Sepp Blatter, 5 Invites Vladimir Putin Needs To Make For The World Cup

Vladimir Putin “would be glad” to see banned FIFA dignitaries Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini at the 2018 World Cup, according to the Russian president’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Blatter and Platini have both received lengthy bans from FIFA for their roles in a secret payment made from Blatter’s FIFA to Platini, then the UEFA boss. The two held their posts atop the federations when Russia was awarded the 2018 World Cup (and Qatar for 2022, but that’s another story). 

Behind Enemy Lines: Talking Futbol with Football Fans

It's no secret that soccer fans in America get a lot flak for being fans of such a "lame" sport. We always counter their criticisms of soccer with "it's the most popular sport in the world" and "in football you don't even use your feet 99% of the time". Nevertheless, they still mock us relentlessly, and who does more than the rest? NFL fans.

These Non-Soccer Fans Give Hilarious Responses To Soccer Questions

There is no doubt about it, the sport of soccer is growing in the United States. New MLS teams are popping up every season, MLS attendance is on the rise and events like the Premier League and Champions League have great viewing numbers for NBC Sports and FOX. 

5 Soccer Stars Who Have Minor Planets Named After Them

Some players just transcend the game. Others transcend the planet. While most astronomical objects discovered in the past couple decades have been given boring names with nothing more than an assortment of letters and numbers, a select few are given names, be it for a famous astronomer from the past, a mother in law or, in this case, a soccer player.

Hundreds of thousands of minor planets — essentially everything orbiting the sun that’s not a planet, dwarf planet or comet — exist in our solar system. Five of them have been named after famous footballers. 

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