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PHOTO: HE’LL TAKE TWO, PLEASE.
Xavi and Busquets inform the referee how many card they would like shown to the opposition. (AP PHOTO)

YOU DIRTY BANDWAGONER, YOU
You picked a favorite team, and it was just so damn predictable, wasn’t it? // TheOther87

IT’S STARTING TO LOSE ITS NOVELTY VALUE, THIS WHOLE “RACISM” THING.
A man in Scotland was arrested for sending racist tweets to Maurice Edu and Kyle Bartley. I feel like a terrible person for linking to this today of all days. // Goal.com

PHOTO: DIEGO: THE MOVIE/VIDEO GAME TIE-IN
Hazy background, wonky camera angle, emotional protaganist… Is Diego secretly Jason Bourne? (REUTERS)

I’M BETHLEHEM STEEL ‘TIL I DIE.
Roger Allaway on the greatest rivalry in American soccer history. // BigSoccer

WHAT ABOUT BLOGGING INJURIES? CARPAL TUNNEL CAN KILL A CAREER.
The costliest injuries in World Football this year. // Bleacher Report

SO “RISE AND SHINE” WAS PRETTY AWESOME…
The lovely ladies over at Kickette get a few words in with perpetual man-crush object Jay DeMerit. // Kickette

I HAVE A DREAM, THAT EVERYONE WHO IS ACTING LIKE A JERK CUTS THOSE SHENANIGANS OUT RIGHT NOW.
Apologies for being slightly serious for a quick minute, but I’m really getting sick of reading and writing about racists and homophobes and such. If we could just be nice to each other or whatever, that’d be pretty swell. Thank you. (And if you’re feeling generous, give us a follow or a like)