It’s official. Everyone hoping for a Zlatan Ibrahimovic World Cup can calm down now. The swaggering Swede announced on Thursday morning he will indeed be in Russia for this summer’s tournament.
But he won’t be playing with Sweden — he’ll be playing for Team Zlatan.
About five years ago the Bundesliga posted a video on its official YouTube channel called “Top 10 Goals - USA.” This video celebrated the contributions made by Americans in the Bundesliga and ranked their best goals.
The players featured in this video included:
D.C. United is desperate. Ben Olsen’s club is in dreadful need of a striker and the owners want a big-name star to draw the masses to Audi Field when it opens in July. And that is exactly why a newly reported Wayne Rooney D.C. United transfer rumor is so gosh darn juicy.
Issy “Hitman” Hamdaoui is a legend of street football. Hamdaoui is part of the Streetkings collective, founded by the godfather of Dutch street football, Edward van Gils (the two were featured as playable characters in FIFA Street 2). Hamdaoui has made countless contributions to the game, but he’s perhaps most famous for pioneering the AKKA 3000 move.
According to ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle, the Chicago Fire are currently in Madrid to hold talks with Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres, who’ll be out of a contract following the completion of the LaLiga season (which ends on May 20).
Rocco Commisso migrated to the U.S. from Italy at the age of 12 without a word of English, except maybe ‘no’, ‘yes’ and ‘may I use the bathroom, please.’ You know, the essentials. The Italian-American later founded Mediacom Communications Corporation, MCC, of which he’s also the CEO. The MCC is the fifth-largest cable television company in the country, which also makes the 68-year-old a Forbes billionaire.
On top of that, Commisso is an avid soccer fan, whose views on the beautiful game are often provocative.
What was in that water, Didier Drogba?
Phoenix Rising was playing LA Galaxy II in the USL on Friday night and the home side at the Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex did not get off to a strong start. The visitors scored three first-half goals and held a two-goal advantage heading into the break.
But then, deep into the second half, Didier Drogba stole a kid’s water bottle from the sideline and everything changed. Drogba immediately assisted a goal with a corner kick and seven minutes later put Phoenix ahead with a penalty kick as the Rising won 4-3.
Cuando Bastian Schweinsteiger irrumpió por primera vez en la escena mundial en la Copa del Mundo de 2006, el precoz joven de 21 años era un lateral con una gran cantidad de trucos. En 2014, cuando ayudó a Alemania a alzar el trofeo de la Copa Mundial, era un veterano mediocampista defensivo, una presencia tranquila y serena.
Pero Bastian Schweinsteiger en 2018 con el Chicago Fire ha asumido un papel completamente nuevo: Posición Defensiva.