0 comments by Pauly Kwestel on 12/13/2016
The Ballon d’Or started out as an award given out by French Football to the best European player in football. In 1995, that changed to include all players playing for European clubs and in 2007, all players around the world were included. From 2010-2015 the award was merged with FIFA’s Player of the Year award […]
0 comments by Harrison Prolic on 12/2/2016
This weekend is El Clasico, the biggest league match in Spain, and probably Europe. As always, the focus will be around the two generational talents that are the faces of their clubs. The two men are among the greatest that have ever played the game, and their history together has been well documented. We take […]
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel on 9/13/2016
Celtic are a team that are capable not only of being exciting to watch but also punching above their weight class, when they play at home. When they travel away from Celtic Park, especially in the UEFA Champions League, to Camp Nou of all places it doesn’t usually end well for them. They did a […]
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel
I don’t think anyone was surprised when it took Lionel Messi less then three minutes to open his Champions League scoring account at home to Celtic. What may have surprised people was that Celtic didn’t immediately melt away like many expected them to. Instead they hung in there giving Barcelona a match. 20 minutes later […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 7/6/2016
Barcelona great and recently retired Argentina player Lionel Messi and his father have each been sentenced to 21 months in prison and issued a fine for tax fraud. But because of Spanish law, the sentences have been suspended and neither will serve time in prison. The Messi’s were initially investigated due to putting money in tax havens […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 6/27/2016
Argentinian soccer and the Argentinian Football Association have long been the subject of claims of mass corruption off the field. On the field, it has been all sorts of heartbreak for one of the most talented generations to never win a major title. Following a fourth major tournament final loss in a row, the biggest […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal
After leading his team to the Copa America final, missing the first penalty for Argentina and having lost to Chile in penalty kicks for the second consecutive year, Lionel Messi has decided to retire from the Argentine national team. “It’s over. My time with the national team is done. We’ve been to four finals and […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/11/2016
The triumphant return of Lionel Messi, some great free kick goals and a controversial handball call caps off what was match day eight in the Copa America. 1) Biggest Winner: Whoever Attended the Argentina/Panama Game in Person Seriously, I mean what a performance by Lionel Messi and in such a short time frame as well. […]
0 comments by Randy Capps on 6/3/2016
Two of the best three teams on the planet (according to the sometimes dubious FIFA rankings) will share Group D at the Copa America Centenario this month. Argentina, the 14-time champion of South America, and Chile, the most recent Copa America winners, seem destined to fight for first place while Panama and Bolivia look to […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 2/23/2016
For 71 minutes, Arsenal was disciplined and bunkered down on defense to really make it tough for Barcelona to even just get a shot off. Arsenal didn’t even allow a shot on target from Barcelona in the first half, which is an achievement in itself. But alas, it’s a 90 minute game and the one […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 1/30/2016
Amid all the soccer taking place, the biggest game of the day is arguably in Barcelona as a 1 vs. 2 matchup may decide who hoists the La Liga title at the end of the season. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are tied at the top with 48 points and a win here would automatically put […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 12/12/2015
If there weren’t any other reason to vote for Lionel Messi for the Ballon d’Or, Messi added another reason with this long range free kick that curved into the top right corner of the goal. Going against Deportivo La Coruna, Barcelona was denied the goal for far longer than they probably expected to. But in […]
0 comments by Randy Capps on 11/30/2015
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are the three finalists for the Ballon d’Or trophy, FIFA announced today. Ronaldo has won the award, given each year to the world’s best player, for the past two seasons. Messi won it for four straight years before that. Those awards, and a few others, will be given out […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 11/24/2015
It took 18 minutes today and a disallowed goal that should’ve counted but Lionel Messi is now officially back, scoring in his first start after being back from a knee injury. Messi put Barcelona up to a 2-0 lead against Roma in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Barcelona has been routinely attempting throughballs over […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 10/14/2015
Lionel Messi received a great gift from Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez that will cause him to be able to express his disgust with mornings like everybody else. Messi took to Instagram to thank Suarez for his gift, a Grumpy pajama set, as he’s getting over his knee injury. Gracias a mi amigo @luissuarez9 por el […]
