While preparing to speak to press yesterday after Australia’s qualifying win over Jordan, Socceroos boss Holger Osieck misread the situation something awful. Perhaps unclear on the concept of a “joke”, Osieck made an attempt at humor when a female Football Federation Australia official was ordering him around by referencing a …
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The President Of A Colombian Club Called Players Of Today ‘Prositutes’
Not a day goes by—especially during the transfer window—when modern footballers aren’t called “mercenaries” by one person or another. The money in the game and the shortness of a professional career has created a critical mass of avarice and disloyalty. Transfer sagas inevitably end with emotionally wrecked fan bases cursing …
Luiz Felipe Scolari Insulted Brazilian Bank Workers And They Care For Some Reason
The new manager of the Brazil national team (who happens to also be the old manager of the Brazil national team), Luiz Felipe Scolari, made a public faux pas last week and has been forced to apologize. Scandal, and Scolari hasn’t even been (back) on the job long enough to …
Ex-Impact Midfielder Sandro Grande Sounds Like A Lovely Person
Way back in the distant past that was 2009, while the Montreal Impact were still playing in the second division of Canadian and American soccer, feisty midfielder Sandro Grande decided “choking” to be the best way to settle a dispute with teammate Mauro Biello while the two were on the …
Jermain Defoe Is Pretty Gross
There are plenty of untrue stereotypes about footballers. They’re not all stupid, neanderthal-like womanizers with too much money. There are however, reasons why that perception persists. Reasons like Jermain Defoe.
