By Kyle McCarthy
INDIANAPOLIS – Zakiya Bywaters discussed the imminent demise of the WPS during a trip to La Manga, Spain with the U.S. under-23 national team last February. At the time, Bywaters and her teammates wondered whether they would have the opportunity to continue their careers at the professional level in their home country. None of them knew what the future held.
Check out Tranmere and Coventry putting on a performance for the ages here!
No seriously though are we sure that was a League One match or was that my U-10 Travel League highlights?
Yeah, sure thing John. Says the same man who was able to find £20 million under the couch to spend on Stewart Downing.
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Hey, did you guys know the Bundesliga is back?
Schalke and Hannover served up a great first dish to start 2013 in the German league with a 5-4 Schalke win Friday night. None of the nine goals were as memorable as the one that effectively didn’t matter.
Check out Hannover forward Mame Biram Diouf’s spectacular bicycle kick outside the penalty area to mark the last goal of the game! More of that please!
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
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Loic Remy revealed a game of FIFA 12 with Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes confirmed his decision to move to Loftus Road.
The 26-year-old Frenchman agreed to a 4 1/2-year deal with the R’s on Wednesday, after manager Harry Redknapp secured the striker for a club-record fee.
Speaking to the club’s official website, Remy revealed a four-hour talk with Fernandes regarding his future ended in a game of FIFA 12, sealing the deal at Loftus Road
Trouble always seems to find Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez. This time around, Suarez himself opened the can of worms with his recent admission.
Suarez could face sanctions from Liverpool after admitting he dived during a match at Stoke earlier this season.
The Liverpool forward admitted to…
Trouble always seems to find Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez. This time around, Suarez himself opened the can of worms with his recent admission.
Suarez could face sanctions from Liverpool after admitting he dived during a match at Stoke earlier this season.
The Liverpool forward admitted to…
Lionel Messi paid homage to another fellow football legend, German striker Gerd Mueller, by sending a signed Barcelona shirt to the former Bayern Munich star.
Bayern released a photograph Thursday with Mueller holding the shirt. Messi wrote on the shirt: ”To Gerd Mueller, with respect and admiration, a hug.”
Messi scored 91 goals last year, breaking Mueller’s 40-year-old record. Mueller scored 85 goals in 1972.
Lionel Messi was on target again but Barcelona had to settle for a 2-2 draw at home to 10-man Malaga in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Messi, who picked up his fourth straight Ballon d’Or award earlier this month after netting a record 91 goals in 2012, equalized in the 28th minute thanks to an enterprising run down the right and a neat left-footed finish.
