Brazilian legend Ronaldinho, club-less since leaving Fluminense in September, has found a new club, Racing de Montevideo in Uruguay. Or has he?
¡Bienvenido Ronaldinho! El jugador formará parte del cervecero durante el próximo torneo Clausura. pic.twitter.com/zwqNrbLPdX
— Racing Club de Mdeo (@RacingClubUru) December 28, 2015
Lionel Messi. Luis Suarez. Neymar Jr. Cristiano Ronaldo. Per Mertesacker.
These are the names of some soccer players, but not just any soccer players. These are the names of some soccer players who are capable of the extraordinary.
Some might be confused as to why we would include a German center back with the best strikers in the world, but those people haven't seen his wonder strike against Bournemouth.
I wrote a poem about Miguel Herrera for Christmas. Here it is:
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, except for The Louse;
The plates were put out in the kitchen with care,
And piled with traditional Mexican fare;
Club Tijuana's players were snug in their beds,
While visions of La Clausura danced in their heads;
With a big red suit and a puffy red hat,
There are over 400,000 people subscribed to subreddit page r/soccer. If you've spent any time in this subreddit, you know you will find what's trending in the soccer community with loads of user-uploaded content (along with an unfortunate amount of trolls). But, besides the trolls, the soccer community upvotes and downvotes the best and worst soccer content online – and it's hugely entertaining to explore what soccer lovers worldwide think is most worthy of our attention on any given day.
Sometime you just need a beer. It’s 5 o’clock somewhere, the beer won’t drink itself. There are plenty of excuses when it comes to knocking back a cold one, most of them aren’t very good. “Just drink it." How about that? Anyway, any old excuse seems like it will fit with Massimo Maccarone’s beer drinking celebration.
Apparently, Manchester City and the Gallagher twins rubbed off on Edin Dzeko. The Bosnian striker, who spent from 2011-2015 at City and plays for A.S. Roma now, received his first red card ever when he told an Italian ref that he didn't like the cut of his jib. Well, actually he just told the ref to "f**k off, yeh?" Which apparently was not a suggestion the ref took very well. Or, if he did, then maybe he was trying to high five Dzeko when he accidentally pulled this red card from his pocket.
If you're left-footed, you know that you've been gifted with both a blessing and a curse. Typically, you're an oddity on the team, alone in your preference for the left foot. Left-handers make up only 10% of the general population, and only half of southpaws are also left-footed. Our numbers may be small, but we are incomparably strong. We've got Messi.
#1: You’re the first name on the team sheet
The post-match interview can often be a game of trotting out clichés for managers – a game in which they avoid eye contact with eager interviewers who want some good (i.e., will go viral) manager quotes.