Author: Brooks Peck

Real Salt Lake player proposes to his girlfriend, then beats Toronto all on the same field

Real Salt Lake striker Devon Sandoval is a man who know how to make the most out of an afternoon. After listening to some Bob Marley tunes, he decided to prepose to his girlfriend. He also knew that he would have a match against Toronto FC on Sunday. So he thought: why not combine this peanut butter and jelly into a soccer-marriage sandwich? Read more

The very best images from Liverpool’s all-star charity match

Anfield played host to a charity match on Sunday that doubled as Steven Gerrard’s testimonial before he heads to Los Angeles this summer. Gerrard and former teammate Jaime Carragher picked their squads and got a head start on the banter a couple weeks ago, but it all came together over the course of 90 thoroughly enjoyable minutes during the international break.

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Frank Lampard flies to New York to watch the club he’s not playing for

Frank Lampard used the international break to fly to New York and watch NYCFC, the team he pretended to sign for last summer before going on a fake loan with Man City that was later extended until the end of the Premier League season. The 36-year-old midfielder, who has been playing less after an impressive start to the season in Manchester, took in NYCFC’s match against Sporting Kansas City at Yankee Stadium with his partner, Christine Bleakley.

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Wrong anthem played for El Salvador before friendly against Argentina

If there’s one place in the United States that would know the Salvadoran national anthem, you’d think it would be Washington, DC. Not only is it the nation’s capital and diplomatic hub, but it also has a large Salvadoran community. But when El Salvador and Argentina lined up for the anthems for a friendly at FedEx Field in front of nearly 59,000 people, the anthem that was supposed to be El Salvador’s definitely was not.

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Freddy Adu, the U.S.’s most experienced ambassador, moves to Finland

Obscure football shirt collector Freddy Adu, the United States’ most experienced ambassador, has joined Veikkausliiga (Finland’s top division) club Kuopion Palloseura on a one-year contract.

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Moldova keeper blasts clearance off Zlatan’s head for a goal

Such is the power of Zlatan Ibrahimovic that he can suck the ball towards his own head and score without even trying. He demonstrated this skill in Sweden’s match against Moldova, when the opposing keeper attempted a simple clearance but blasted the ball directly into Zlatan’s head instead, causing it it to ricochet back into his own net.

This gave Sweden a 1-0 lead in the 46th minute and proves that Zlatan is powerful enough to make you concede goals to him without even moving.

Zlatan later fired a laser beam of a penalty into the top corner to give Sweden a 2-0 win.

Wayne Rooney retires boxing celebration because his son mimicked it at school

Wayne Rooney provided the season’s most talked about goal celebration when he re-enacted getting knocked down by Phil Bardsley in his kitchen after scoring against Spurs. Now the Man United and England captain says he won’t be throwing anymore celebratory punches on the pitch since it’s proved a bad influence on his oldest son, five-year-old Kai.

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