After 26 years at the helm of Manchester United, head coach Sir Alex Ferguson announced hat he will be retiring at the end of the season. Since joining the team in 1986, Ferguson has turned Man U into the best team in England and the most popular sports team on Earth. If there was a Mount Rushmore for soccer Ferguson would certainly be on it so let’s take a look at some fascinating facts to give you an idea of this larger than life figure:
AP – Major League Soccer hopes to announce plans in four to six weeks for a stadium in Queens for a 20th team. The league and New York City have been involved in negotiations to build a stadium on a site in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. MLS hopes a team there would start play in 2016 and be rivals of the New York Red Bulls, who play in Harrison, N.J. “If we get this done, it will be in Flushing Meadow Park. There is no Plan B,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber told the Associated Press Sports Editors on Thursday.
The popularity of our favorite sports teams can be adjudicated using a hundred different methods, from merchandise and tickets sold, to global team familiarity. We’ve decided to take the web approach and scoured internet for the top four means of collecting information about North American sports teams, aside from visiting an official team URL. Using Facebook Fans, Twitter Followers, Google search results and number of Wiki-searches, we’ve created an algorithm to find out The 50 Most Popular Sports Teams in North America on the Web.
Relivent Sports and Fox Sports Media Group announced plans for the 2013 Guinness International Champions Cup, a brand new eight team bracketed soccer tournament taking place this summer in the U.S. The teams will be made up of top tier squads from around the globe, having Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and Hometown boys, L.A. Galaxy already committed. The remaining teams will be announced May 7th.
Today, United States Men’s National Team player, former Leeds United midfielder, and MLS star Robbie Rogers penned a powerful blog post to announce that he would be “stepping away” from soccer at the age of 25. He also revealed that he is gay. We got to know Robbie through a mutual friend and can tell you he is courageous, well-spoken and resilient; all characteristics that will help him become a leader in the inevitable movement for the acceptance of openly gay athletes in professional sports. As the LA Times reported in December, no active player in the MLS, NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL has ever come out as gay and it is still a very touchy subject in professional sports: Even though public opposition to same-sex marriage and gay rights is rapidly eroding, the locker rooms and clubhouses of the country’s four major sports leagues remain among the last bastions of homophobia in the U.S. Consider the numbers. About 4,000 players spent time on active rosters in the NBA, NHL, NFL and Major League Baseball in 2012. With the best estimates of the gay/bisexual population in U.S. ranging from 2% to 10%, it’s likely many of those 4,000 athletes are gay or bisexual. Yet not one has more »
Christiano Ronaldo is the second most popular athlete on the internet according to Wikipedia so it is surprising that this video gem fly under the radar for almost six years. Ronaldo is in the middle of a photoshoot doing a few tricks when the ball rolls away and it is scooped up by the photographer. Instead of simply tossing it back the photographer does a few tricks and gets himself into a volly skills challenge with arguably the best soccer player in the world. Who won?
Major League Soccer tried to play the second leg of Eastern Conference Semifinals between the New York Red Bulls and D.C. United last night. Unfortunately Mother Nature did not cooperate at Red Bull Park in Harrison, N.J.
Was there ever any doubt that Messi is the best in the world? Here he is on August 29th dominating a free kick against Real Madrid. The curve action he put on the ball along with the precision to reach the far end of the goal is Sacha Kljestan-esque.
Americans love their football. Brits love their football, too. Thing is, they love different footballs. Americans love the football that involves a pigskin, gridiron and crushing body blows between 300-pound behemoths. Brits, and pretty much the rest of the world, love the football that’s also known as futbol, futebol or — in the States — soccer. But how do the respective footballs match up on social media? This infographic from Mashable.com gives a visual representation of how the two football leagues compare on social media.
A nice rivalry is brewing between the San Jose Sharks and LA Galaxy led by David Beckham. This is exactly what the MLS needs to get people talking. Yesterday Beckham proved hes still got it when a Sharks player took a flop next to the goal trying to eat up time so Beckham drop kicked the ball from about 20 yards out hit the player (and ref) in the face. Any other player and that would probably be a huge douche move but in the three person poll I just took we all think it’s amazing. Funny how fast the “injured” player got up to go after Beckham. There was a pushing match and even the mascot got into the action. All around good times in the MLS yesterday.
Another one of Nike’s brilliantly shot soccer commercials. These guys know what they’re doing.The next wave of superstars are here. Neymar, M’Vila, Götze. Hungry to break through. Unafraid to line up with Ribéry, Sneijder, Ronaldo.
Bob’s Blitz said it right, “The problem with a lot of YouTube soccer videos that show dribbling moves is…they don’t end with a goal.” This might be the soccer goal of the year because Jhasmani Campos of Club Boliva methodically jukes and oles through three players then finishes strong through a sliding player and the goalie.
Two of the world’s biggest athletes go head-to-head in a battle of explosive speed. The video shot by Nike is in Spanish so if you need subtitles click the little CC button at the bottom.
Dear Billy Hamilton. Thanks for showing off your foot skillz. Very impressive. I Googled your name and couldn’t find any information – hopefully you play D-1 college somewhere. One problem I have with the video. The music playing in the background is 2AM Club’s “Love Notes.” Great song. It is unfortunate that you used it though. This video only has 800 views right now but within a week it’s going to be at 500,000+. Crazy totals but you will see no money from a Youtube video rev share because you are using an unliscened song and the sharks at Sony Music legal will never let that fly, they might even ask for you to pull the video down even though the band is loving the free promotion. Sad emoticon. Word to the wise, if you ever shoot an epic video like Billy’s always always always use a song you have the rights to. Ask a local friend in a band. Contact a band on the rise. It’s a simple step that can cost you thousands of dollars if your original creation goes viral.
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