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Gareth Bale Wants to Profit from Heart-felt Goal Celebration
From defenders to forwards, amateur to professionals, everyone who cares enough about soccer thinks at least once about the satisfaction of finding the back of the net. But for some the goal itself isn’t enough, they have to add a choreographed dance, a song, a jump or a hand gesture. These celebrations are sometimes remembered [...]
AC Milan News: Mario Balotelli Takes Ferrari to Mini-Kart Track
Italian International Mario Balotelli has found his form again since returning to Milan in January. The young striker spent several years in Manchester making headlines for both footballing and non-footballing reasons, and that seemingly changed – until now. Just this week, Balotelli showed up at the Pala K karting cetner on the outskirts of Milan [...]
Manchester United: A photographic tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson’s Epic Old Trafford career
Manchester United and long term manager Sir Alex Ferguson today confirmed that the legendary Scottish manager would indeed be retiring at the end of the current 2012-13 English Premier League campaign. During his time with the Red Devils Ferguson has achieved a level of success that has never been seen. In his 27-years at the [...]
Tom Huddlestone’s Resurgence Fueling Tottenham European Chase
Everyone knows Gareth Bale has been an absolute force this season. His play has saved Tottenham on numerous occasions. One can’t overstate how much his play has boosted Tottenham. When an individual’s is playing at such a high level sometimes it overshadows the other positive aspects of a team. Tottenham have had numerous big performers [...]
Arsenal News: Arsene Wenger Praises Theo Walcott
At the beginning of the current 2012-13 campaign Theo Walcott’s future at Arsenal was largely unknown. He was linked with moves all over England and Europe from Liverpool to Chelsea and also Juventus. On going contract talks and frustrating negotiations for player, club and fan alike all embroiled into a lengthy transfer controversy that saw [...]
Nike Releases Special Edition World Cup ’98 Inspired Ronaldo Boots
During World Cup 1998 in France, Cristiano Ronaldo was just 13 years old. Nobody knew who he was and his future was still very much in the air. The word “Ronaldo” didn’t refer to a speedy winger with styled hair and GQ looks. In fact, the word “Ronaldo” didn’t even refer to a Portuguese player. [...]
Emerging Talents: Marquinhos of AS Roma
Name: Marquinhos Date of Birth: May 14, 1994 Height: 183cm Nationality: Brazilian Club: Arsenal FC Position: Defender Serie A giants AS Roma secured the signature of Marcos Aoás Corrêa (commonly known as Marquinhos) in July of 2012 from Corinthians. Born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Marquinhos spent nearly ten years at his home club [...]
Emerging Talents: Diego Fagundez of The New England Revolution
Name: Diego Fagundez Date of Birth: February 14, 1995 Height: 173cm Nationality: Uruguayan Club: New England Revolution Position: Striker Born in Uruguay, Diego Fagundez moved to the United States at the age of five and has since been playing football in and around the Greater Boston area. The youngster had been called into several US [...]
Emerging Talents: Serge Gnabry of Arsenal FC
Name: Serge Gnabry Date of Birth: July 14, 1995 Height: 173cm Nationality: German Club: Arsenal FC Position: Midfielder/Winger Serge Gnabry joined Arsenal from German side Stuttgart in 2011 after a fee of £100,000 was agreed upon between the two sides in 2010. The talented winger spent a majority of his first season at Arsenal with [...]
Emerging Talents: Gerard Deulofeu of FC Barcelona
Name: Gerard Deulofeu Date of Birth: March 13, 1994 Height: 180cm Nationality: Spanish Club: FC Barcelona Position: Striker/Winger FC Barcelona’s youth system continues developing some of the world’s most exciting talent on a yearly basis with names like Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas, Xavi, and Victor Valdes all having come through the club at some point [...]
Gareth Bale Deserves EPL Player of the Year Award
Is there truly any adjective to describe Gareth Bale’s season? Extraordinary, legendary, unbelievable, all these words just don’t seem to do Bale justice. Even his tally of 18 goals in 29 Premier League games does not tell the whole story. The Welshman has been instrumental to almost every Tottenham victory. In last weekend’s key fixture [...]
SWOL Exclusive: Ellie Jean Discusses Life with United States Under 17 National Team
Over recent years, the United Men’s National Team has increasingly captivated the American audience with World Cup runs, coaching changes, and heart-felt victories as Landon Donovan lifted the squad into the next stages in South Africa in 2010. Numerous young male talents are examined as a number of journalists try an predict their college and professional [...]
Thierry Henry Top 10 Goals
Thierry Henry Top 10 Goals Thierry Henry scored 228 goals during his two spells at Arsenal, breaking Ian Wright’s goalscoring record in the process. He will always remain an Arsenal legend for good reason, and the number of memories he created for Arsenal fans around the world is priceless. Every week he’d put power, pace, [...]
Arsenal: Could Arshavin Retire This Summer?
The north London club is thrilling the path to continue its winning strike—three so far—versus Norwich City at Emirates Stadium on Saturday to reach one of the last two sits available through the English Premier League and to catapult itself in to next year’s Champions League. Yet in the next season Arsenal may face dealing [...]
Arsenal Transfer News: Gedion Zelalem Set to Make Club Debut Monday
The Mirror is reporting that Arsenal youngster Gedion Zelalem could be set to make his club debut on Monday at Liverpool in the U21′s. Zelalem tweeted just last week that his international clearance came in but a more recent tweet Sunday morning made it clear that the German born 16 year old will be with [...]
Mario Balotelli’s Camo Boots Match His Bentley
Mario Balotelli has once again left traditional and entered the world of unique – this time with his custom-designed camouflage Nike Mercurials. The AC Milan and Italy star employed the services of Portuguese street artist MrDheo to create his custom shoes. After putting a custom camouflage wrap on his Bentley during his time at Manchester [...]
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