Tricks

No club’s training videos are watched more than those of Barcelona. Practice highlight videos are for Barća what Among Us streams are for every wannabe Twitch star right now: easy clicks.

Even with all of the club’s top players out on international duty (no Lionel Messi), Barcelona posted another training video to YouTube this week that’s received more than 260,000 views in 24 hours. All to watch what basically amounted to a USMNT practice.

Say what you will about whether Liga de Expansión MX is a good or bad idea of Mexican soccer, letting the kids play has the propensity to produce the spectacular. For every mistake from a youngster, you’ll see something like this Jacob Morales scorpion kick.

Pumas Tabasco, a subsidiary of Pumas UNAM, played to a 2-2 draw with UDG at Jalisco Stadium on Sunday. The highlight of the match — indeed perhaps the best highlight of the day — was this Jacob Morales scorpion kick from the 21-year-old in the 22nd minute.