Jordan Henderson and Lucas posed as employees of Liverpool’s club shop to have some fun with customers. Some recognized them, others were gloriously oblivious, and other still were Everton fans who couldn’t care less. It’s all good fun, though. And there are some great reactions.
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The odd summer activities of professional footballers
The offseason is short for professional footballers, but since they are so unaccustomed to the free time, they still manage to fill it with strange activities. These are just a few of them.
Clint Dempsey is sorry, presumably that he didn’t tear up more than just the ref’s notebook
Following his three-match ban in MLS for tearing up the referee’s notebook during a U.S. Open Cup match, Clint Dempsey has now been banned from the U.S. Open Cup itself for two years or six matches, whichever is greater. Shortly after this punishment was announced, Dempsey tweeted a rather unconvincing apology.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s sales pitch for his new fragrance
Toronto FC goalkeeper takes a sip of a fan’s beer after win
Toronto FC came back to beat Montreal 3-1 and after the match, the winning side’s goalkeeper, Chris Konopka celebrated by high fiving a couple fans behind his goal and then taking a swig from one of their beers.
No wonder MLS has become such an attractive destination for players. Win and they get rewarded with high fives and free beer.
DTotD: Chile’s Gonzalo Jara gets Edinson Cavani sent off with a bad touch
Chile beat defending Copa America champions Uruguay 1-0 in an expectedly feisty quarterfinal match. With Luis Suarez unavailable to lead everyone down the path of anarchy, the responsibility fell to everyone else. And in the 62nd minute, Edinson Cavani was shown a second yellow for slapping Chile’s Gonzalo Jara in the face.
But what the referee and the initial camera angle didn’t catch was where Jara’s hand was before Cavani slapped him…
Young England players get valuable big tournament elimination experience at U-21 Euros
For the third consecutive time, England have been eliminated in the group stage of the U-21 European Championship, ensuring that the senior team’s next generation is prepared for the soul-crushing international career that awaits them.
A 3-1 loss to Italy left England at the bottom of their group (just like the senior team at last summer’s World Cup), in which Portugal and Sweden advance to semifinal dates against Germany and Denmark, respectively. This allowed the England players to get valuable experience in looking disappointed while wearing an England shirt…
Japan score best goal of the Women’s World Cup, then concede the worst
Japan’s second goal against the Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup was a sequence of perfection. It couldn’t have been executed better if they practiced that alone for the last three weeks. It ended up being absolutely necessarily too, since they ended up conceding a goal at the opposite end of the spectrum during injury time.
Netherlands player has shot thwarted by her other foot
The Netherlands had a chance to take an early lead against Japan when Manon Melis slipped past the world champions’ back line, but then her right foot thought “dribble” just before her left foot thought “shoot.” This proved to be a problem.
Melis ended up on the ground as the ball trickled over the endline and Japan went up 1-0 a few minutes later. This was very much out of character for Melis, however. She was voted the top player in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan in 2010 and she has 55 international goals in 125 appearances.
But these things can happen to anyone. Just ask Steven Gerrard…
Abby Wambach thinks referee “purposefully” booked Rapinoe and Holiday in U.S. win over Colombia
The United States beat Colombia 2-0 in the Women’s World Cup round of 16. But that’s just the rug that all the dirt was swept under.