Last night, “the game” was a semifinal match between the United States and Germany in the Women’s World Cup. The Americans defeated the favored Germans 2-0, advancing to Sunday’s final, where they will face either England or Japan.
Last night, “the game” was a Women’s World Cup match between the United States and Colombia. The Americans won 2-0, and will face China on Friday in the Round of 8.
Last year, the U.S. men’s national soccer team was eliminated from the World Cup in the first knockout round of the international tournament. The disqualifying match, played against the very good Belgian national team, was watched by twenty-two million people, making it the second-highest-viewed soccer match ever…
You may have just seen this headline, or a related one: “Sepp Blatter Re-elected as FIFA Boss Despite Charges” What does it mean? Which of those words are nouns, which are verbs, and which refer to human beings? Allow me to guide you, non sports fan.
According to The New York Times, Swiss authorities in Zurich* have arrested several top FIFA officials in a dramatic early-morning raid connected to federal corruption charges soon to be filed in the United States.
What is the saddest thing? Possibly: a heroic lion mascot in a cape who has become too drunk to stand and collapses on the soccer pitch, his giant fuzzy head lolling and falling off in his hands. Underneath, he is only human, like the rest of us. He is also drunk, like the rest of us.
Jay Hart, a striker for semi-pro British soccer team Clitheroe, was cut from the squad after he was caught on video having sex with a fan in the dugout while still wearing his team warmups, the Mirror reports. The incident took place after an away game versus Mossley AFC. Every detail reported is more embarrassing…
You look like you love sports. Would you ever fuck up a historical monument in order to prove to the world how much you really loved sport(s)? Would you rather go to a museum to prove that you love sports—and art—thereby killing two birds with one stone? I like where your head is at.
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a riot outside an Egyptian Premier League soccer match, the Associated Press reports. Security officials said the violence started when ticketless Zamalek fans tried to force their way into the game.
England's University of Kent has dashed an intramural soccer team's dream of a sponsorship from PornHub, one of the biggest streaming porn sites in the many-tentacled MindGeek empire, and ordered the players to stop wearing their PornHub jerseys immediately.
Two female Saudi Arabian soccer fans attending a match last week between their beloved home team and the United Arab Emirates' Al Ain FC in the UAE were captured on video celebrating, then mourning their team's loss at a public stadium. The video has resulted in a heinous backlash from men online who believe the women…
John Oliver, who had to resort to comedy after he realized he would never be a professional soccer player, is still completely obsessed with English football, and happy to spend an entire interview explaining the game's various leagues—premier, peasant, Downton Abbey—to a confused David Letterman.
A number of players from the University of New Mexico's women's soccer team have alleged that they were brutally hazed by senior members of the team on Sunday night. The hazing allegedly involved being forced to drink heavily, strip naked, and have urine splashed on them.
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Of the many pleasures conferred by following the FIFA World Cup this year, one that has gone under-discussed thus far is that male hysteria has been in full, blooming display therein.
The latest edition of Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News asks soccer "fans" what they thought about about the World Cup performance of Landon Donovan — who was cut from the team before the cup even began.
John Bieniewicz, 44, of Westland, Mich. died today from injuries he sustained after being punched in the head by a player in the soccer match he was refereeing this past weekend. Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad apparently punched Bieniewicz after he ruled to eject Saad from the game. When police arrived at the scene,…
Clam the psychic clam, who has accurately predicted every U.S. victory in the 2014 World Cup, has reached deep into the psychic aether and emerged with a prophecy: The United States will beat Belgium in today's knockout World Cup game.
Clam, the psychic clam who has never incorrectly predicted a World Cup match in which the U.S. won, has applied his (their?) psychic talents to today's match against soccer powerhouse Germany—and is predicting a surprise U.S. victory!
