Tag: Dirty Tackle

Louis van Gaal calls Chris Smalling “Mike” while sitting right next to him

Calling one of their own players the wrong name is embarrassing enough, but when they’re sitting right next to you when you do it and have to correct you in front of a room full of reporters, it becomes far, far worse. That’s what happened to Louis van Gaal, when he called Chris Smalling “Mike Smalling,” leaving Chris/Mike to correct him.

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Mexico reach Gold Cup semifinal with convenient late penalty

For 120 minutes, Mexico did everything except finish their many chances to score against Costa Rica in the Gold Cup quarterfinals. But then the troll god of CONCACAF — a cruel deity with a perverse obsession with injustice — gave them the massive help they needed to advance in the form of a phantom penalty.

After more than a year of cursing Arjen Robben for the dubious late penalty that helped the Netherlands beat them in the World Cup round of 16, Mexico gratefully accepted a bit of cosmic repayment during injury time of the second period of extra time.

Andres Guardado then converted the penalty and Mexico won 1-0, putting them in a semifinal against Panama while the U.S. will face Jamaica. But while Mexico celebrate today, the CONCACAF troll god conspires with his referee priests, plotting their next prank…

Colorado Rapids defender tears up when he’s told he made the MLS All-Star squad for the first time

Less than a year ago, Colorado Rapids defender Drew Moor tore his ACL and meniscus. It took him eight months to work his way back and in April, he returned to the Rapids’ lineup.

Though the 31-year-old Moor has five caps for the U.S. national team and won the MLS Cup with Colorado in 2010, he had never been selected as an All-Star. In the video above, he expresses how much it would mean to him to add that honor to his credits, especially so soon after a major injury. He is then asked to read a piece of paper as the cameras roll, and as he does, he learns that he has been selected to be in the All-Star squad that will face Tottenham on July 29.

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YouTubers sneak into Chelsea’s hotel, sign John Terry and Nemanja Matic to their “team”

Chelsea are in Montreal for their North American tour, so a group of local guys decided to seize the opportunity to try and lure a couple of players away from the Premier League champions for their own team.

First, they snuck into the club’s hotel to try and convince Jose Mourinho to be their coach. Mourinho wasn’t in the mood to hear their offer, though, and they were promptly kicked out.

They then regrouped and did a bit more planning. One of the guys posed as “Oriol Gomeo’s agent” while one of his cohorts was able to approach John Terry and get him to sign their contract (a piece of scrap paper with the word “contract” written on it). They were also successful with Nemanja Matic just before getting shoved out the door.

This, presumably, is how Ed Woodward signed Bastian Schweinsteiger for Manchester United.