The 2015 Women’s World Cup winning U.S. team became the first all-female squad to be honored with a ticker-tape parade through New York City’s Canyon of Heroes on Friday morning (though individual female athletes have been celebrated this way before). And on Friday night, they brought the trophy on stage during a Taylor Swift concert in New Jersey, so the singer could hold it aloft, finally achieving what we can only assume was her plan all along and fulfilling her lifelong goal.
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Football Shirt Friday: Bayern, Atletico, Inter, Aston Villa and Zenit being fancy
If Thomas Müller is primping his collar, it must be time for more football shirts.
How FIFA’s official world rankings are compiled
The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings for July have been released and as usual, there are some curious placements. Argentina have replaced the world champions in the top spot despite losing in the Copa America final, Romania and Wales are in the top 10, the USA dropped seven spots despite beating the Netherlands and Germany (in friendlies), and Algeria are the only non-European or South American team in the top 20.
Naturally, FIFA’s bizarre and consistently useless rankings prompt fans and journalists alike to wonder exactly how they are compiled. Now, for the first time ever, DT can reveal the full process of how your FIFA rankings are made.
Goalkeeper cuts out the middleman, throws ball into his own net
A goalkeeper in an Argentina third division match simplified this whole business of football by throwing the ball into his own net. I mean, why bother with all the back and forth and anticipation when you can just get right to the point?
His team went on to lose 5-0, because once this happens, there just isn’t a point in trying anymore.
Brazil celebrates one-year anniversary of absolutely nothing happening
All of Brazil is celebrating the one-year anniversary of a day in which absolutely nothing happened within its borders.
People in LA don’t know who Steven Gerrard is (even those covering the LA Galaxy)
Steven Gerrard’s move to Los Angeles has been promoted for months now. The Galaxy even put up billboards around town to alert the general public to the impending arrival of the former England and Liverpool captain known all over the world.
Japan is 3D printing Cristiano Ronaldos now
You might remember Cristiano Ronaldo’s new ab pulsator from yesterday and every time you close your eyes since then. Well, at a promotional event for the strange device, the company responsible for the device put the real Cristiano Ronaldo on stage with a 3D printed Cristiano Ronaldo and it was terrifying. The eyes even moved!
Steven Gerrard tries to fit in during his first training session with the LA Galaxy
Gerrard: Oh. My. God. Robbie, can you believe that I’m totally, like, an LA Galaxy player now. It’s totes amazeballs, isn’t it? I mean, for real.
Keane: Why are you talking like that, Steven?
Gerrard: Talking like what? I’m just speaking in my totally normal Scouse accent. Like, it’s not like I watched the movie Clueless a thousand times in the last two months to learn how people from LA talk because I’m super nervous about playing for a club that isn’t Liverpool and living in a new place and driving on the wrong side of the road and what’s with all the traffic here? Hahahahaha!
Keane: Just relax and you’ll be fine. You’re Steven Gerrard for god’s sake.
Gerrard: For sure. It means so much to me that you would, like, say that. You are awesomesauce to the max, Robbie!
Cristiano Ronaldo stars in commercial for odd Japanese ab device
About a year ago Cristiano Ronaldo wowed us (and himself) as the pitchman for a Japanese “facial fitness” device. Well now he’s at it again, this time with creepy stick-on pulsating ab, bicep, and thigh devices, which he demonstrates in the video above.
It’s like there’s a night club in his body and everyone’s invited.
What to do when you’ve been transfer banned, by FC Barcelona
In April 2014, Barcelona were given a 14-month transfer ban by FIFA for breaking rules related to the transfer of players under the age of 18. FIFA rejected their appeal in August of that year and in December, the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected another appeal. “Barcelona will not be allowed to sign any players in 2015,” said the BBC at the time.
This would be devastating news to any club, but Barcelona have found a way to cope in this bleak and treacherous time. The following is their guide to coping with a transfer ban for a full year.