There have been two notable responses to Abby Wambach’s declaration of distaste for “foreign guys” playing for the U.S. men’s national team. One was an impassioned and thoughtful defense of such players by someone who falls into that category and the other was a seconding of Wambach’s opinion by a fellow retiree who seems to still be feeling personally aggrieved by the foreign guys she was talking about.
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Jose Mourinho’s farewell message to the Chelsea players
You did it. You got me sacked. Seven months after winning the league, four months after signing contract extension, you got me sacked. Again. Bravo for you.
Are you proud of yourselves? You should be. This is impressive accomplishment. Very impressive. It is your first victory in a while, so congratulations.
Something terrible has happened to Andres Iniesta’s head
When Barcelona took the pitch for their Club World Cup semifinal against Guangzhou Evergrande, captain Andres Iniesta’s appearance revealed that he had been the victim of a horrible crime.
U.S. women lose at home for first time since 2004 in Abby Wambach’s last game
What was supposed to be a joyous celebration of Abby Wambach’s legendary career proved historic for a second reason as the U.S. lost 1-0 to China at home. This loss ended the World Cup winners’ 24-match unbeaten streak overall and astonishing 104-match unbeaten streak at home. Their last home loss was in November 2004 to Denmark, just three years after Wambach made her international debut.
Xabi Alonso scores wonder goals, plays air guitar
From growing a beard to scoring goals to playing air guitar, Xabi Alonso does everything with style.
On the pitch, he demonstrated this by scoring his first goal of the season with a thumping volley from distance to give Bayern a 1-0 win over Darmstadt in the DFB Pokal. And if you thought it might’ve been a lucky strike, well, Xabi has news for you.
Abby Wambach thinks U.S. should sack Klinsmann and stop using “foreign” players
Just before playing her final match for the U.S. national team, Abby Wambach has proven that she might have a future as Donald Trump’s running mate.
Appearing on the Bill Simmons podcast, Wambach, who has scored more international goals than any other person to ever play the game (184), shared her thoughts on the problems with the U.S. men’s team.
Lazio keeper injures himself celebrating goal
Everything was going so well for Lazio keeper Federico Marchetti in Monday’s match against Sampdoria. He was working on a clean sheet late in the second half when Alessandro Matri scored to put Lazio up 1-0. Thrilled by this turn of events, Marchetti sprinted out of his area to try and celebrate with his teammates, but something went wrong. Very, very wrong.
8-year-old Japanese boy sings Barca anthem at club’s training session, melts your heart
Barcelona have arrived in Japan for the Club World Cup and eight-year-old Koshiro Yamashita welcomed them by belting out the club’s anthem at a training session while standing in the middle of a group of children. It was so adorable that it probably made Gerard Pique spontaneously bleed everywhere.
Koshiro did a truly spectacular job of confidently leading the clapping kids in the tune and was rewarded for his efforts with a special badge by the club’s vice president.
They probably would’ve brought him back to Spain to lead the singing at the Camp Nou, but FIFA had to go and crack down on their underage transfers.
A complete list of people Jose Mourinho is blaming for Chelsea’s waking nightmare
Chelsea keep losing and Jose Mourinho’s reality is being systematically dismantled around him. For someone who has known only success to suddenly experience endless failure is surely difficult to accept. So in his attempts to make sense of it all, he has blamed a wide variety of individuals. Perhaps even more than when he’s winning.
The following is a complete list of people who are at fault for Chelsea’s current struggles, according to Jose Mourinho.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s expert analysis of the Euro 2016 draw
The Champions League round of 16 draw was boring and put PSG with Chelsea again, so I will provide my expert Zlanalysis of the Euro 2016 draw instead.
Every time there is a draw for a major tournament, there is only one thing people want to talk about: which group is the most difficult. There is even a name given to the group that is the toughest and most feared. But now this group has a new name. The Group of Zlatan.