May 2012
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Yacht Seaon Is Upon Us
… and I see four viable options to rock with my new J. Crew chinos.
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FOOTBALL FAN OF THE DAY: RGIII
Robert Griffin III aka RGIII showing love to the US Mens National Team. RGIII was the second overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. Shout out to Geoff Cameron as well!!!
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Scarface and His Blood Diamonds
Frank Ribery told the press today that after the Champion’s League loss he is going to…. Unfortunately nobody cared. Apparently the rave of the press conference was this guady monstrousity of jewels on his wrist. Must have been a sorry for disappearing in the final gift to himself. Check out the article at Dirty Tackle to find out what is actually on this thing.
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Mario Balotelli: The Man Without a Filter
Here are my favorite Mario Balotelli quotes from a recent interview with France Football
1. “There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.”
2. ”I think I am a genius, but not a rebel”
3. “When I decide to score, I score”
With that being said, We should not judge him for not scoring in the following video. I now...
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Pictures: Lukas Podolski in Arsenal Kit
Checkout out these photos of Lukas Podolski in the new 2012/2013 Arsenal kit. Props to the photographer for making Podolski look like the super hero Arsenal has been waiting for. Unfortunately, The Gunners have a ways to go before they can be considered realistic contenders.
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My New Favorite Soccer Player...
While I wait for the next coming of Patrick Viera to sweep up on Arsenal’s shores, RVP plays games with Gooner’s hearts, and Thierry Henry isn’t what I’ll ever remember him being, I have chosen to venture to the other side of the game to choose my favorite player. While other people were fawning over Alex Morgan and Hope Solo last Women’s World Cup, I fell in love...
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SerNando Coming Out Party
The best hair in football will be on the same sideline this summer.
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Gordon Ramsay Gets Flattened
Celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay, participated in this last weekend’s Soccer Aid match benefitting UNICEF at Old Trafford, home of the devil(s), where he was introduced to England legend, Teddy Sherringham, and both his overexuberance and lack of control. As the picture shows, Ramsay had to be carried off the field probably never to return to the pitch again. Check the story at Dirty Tackle...
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Can This Man Save Italy?
The new Prime Minister of Italy, Marco Monti is fed up with all of the match-fixing issues engulfing Italian football. He issued a statement to the powers at be suggesting a multi-year suspension because they clearly can’t get it right. It’s interesting that people high up in the Italian government are starting to get noticed for their statements against the state of the current...
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Welcome to Eleven a Side
To all of those individuals who recently started following Eleven a Side, Welcome!!! My name is Rio. I am a Football Fanactic currently residing in New York City and I am one of the many cofounders of this footballing blog.
My goal is to follow as many soccer related tumblr accounts as possible in hopes of painting an accurate picture of the American experience of the global footballing...
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Transfer Talk: Chelsea sign Eden Hazard
Chelsea appears to be the only European club team making multiple moves prior to the Euros. Back in April, they picked up the 23 year-old German playmaker, Marco Marin from Werder Bremen. Now, Chelsea has secured the signing of the highly touted Belgian winger, Eden Hazard, for an undisclosed amount.
At 21, Eden became the youngest player to win back-to-back Player of the Year awards in...
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Highlights: US v. Scotland
Convincing 5-1 result two days ago for the US national team against Scotland. I am not one to read too much into friendly results, but I must say I was impressed.
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Controversy in African Football
I just stumbled across an old article on The Guardian discussing African nations who doctor birth certificates and passports at the youth level for international competitions and recruitment.
Although the allegations may be shocking to some people, I really wasn’t that surprised. In fact, this immediately made me think of Freddy Adu and whether all that hype was warranted.
Check the...
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You Gotta Love The Dutch
The Dutch Men’s National Team is doing some real advertising for a large Dutch supermarket chain. I don’t know too many nations that would be okay with their whole team prancing around in a music video playing pranks on each other. I’ll be rooting for these guys in the Euro 2012. Let’s see if they can get out of that group of death though.
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This Stadium...
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Wenger Must Stick To His Guns
As the transfer window saga of RVP grows stronger and stronger, I’ve began to realize that just because he had a great (understatement) season for the Gunners, doesn’t mean he can hold us hostage to his demands. I have a lot of opinions on the subject. I may even feel led to share them if this goes on, but a column over at Bleacher Report has done a great job of explaining some of...
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New Barcelona Jerseys
Barcelona is following in the steps of all the major clubs in releasing their 2012/2013 jerseys to the masses. The fiery one above will be their away kit, and the home kit can be seen at Dirty Tackle. Barcelona are definitely trend setters on the field. What’s next? Pink warmup jackets?
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Southern American Talent
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Jennifer Lawrence in London, May 24th
She is known for movies named Winter’s Bone and The Hunger Games... Can we get her in a movie where she is healthy so we can see more of this? Please?
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Hazard on the Road to Manchester
According to French sources Eden Hazard has chosen Manchester United as the next owner of his magical footies. As always this will probably be denied until next week when Eden will conduct something a tad less glorious than The Decision and tell the world that he will be packing his talents up and shipping them to Manchester… well the red side of it. I hope this is the truth because I miss...
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Pablo Escobar's Private Games
After most have either seen or heard about the ESPN 30 for 30 titled The Two Escobars, the interest of Pablo Escobar’s life in sports was at an all time high. Well if you’ve been fiending for more, we’ve got it in the form of Colorado Rapids coach, Oscar Pareja. The former Colombian national team player has recently spoken to one of the best sportswriters this ESPN has to...
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New Nike Football Commercial
Checkout the latest soccer commercial from Nike. The commercial features many of world football’s biggest names, as well as a special cameo from one of Basketball’s biggest superstars!!! Enjoy.
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Hilarious Video: Man U Man City Reactions
Even though we are almost a week removed from arguably the greatest final day in EPL history, I just couldn’t resist… the following video is a compilation of the best Manchester City and Manchester United fan reactions from last weekend… Enjoy!
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“In my life I’ve gone back to an ex-girlfriend and it didn’t work...”
– Roberto Di Matteo’s response when asked whether he would go back to coach West Brom if he doesn’t get the Chelsea role next season.
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England Euro 2012 Roster
Some big names like Rio Ferdinand missing from the list while Roy Hodgson has decided to go with the younger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as one of his final roster spots.
England squad:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Man City), Rob Green (West Ham), John Ruddy (Norwich)
Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Gary Cahill...
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POTUS Roasts Beckham at White House
The world has come to know Barack Obama as a basketball fan, but he definitely holds his own while giving props to the LA Galaxy for winning last year’s MLS Cup. He also does of a pretty good job of embarrassing golden ‘balls’ himself. The saddest part is that there was probably some young team member that got excited because they thought their name was going to be called after...
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane...
ESPN has put together a list of players that will be working their hardest to make the life of referees hell for the whole month of June. These are the player most notorious for flying through the air for whistles that will be in participating in Euro 2012.
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Manchester City: The Big Picture vs The Snapshot
To my partner in crime. I enjoyed reading your heartfelt analysis on your mixed emotions and the negative implications of Man City winning the English Premier League; however in my humble opinion, I think your case was flawed, and here’s why.
First off, let’s address the elephant in the room: Man City’s spending. Although it is true, Man City did rack up over 300 million...
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Final Day Rundown
I shared my feelings about the final day of the EPL season earlier, but today at Grantland, Chris Ryan shared his to the minute breakdown of all of the important action that took place this glorious Sunday morning. It’s both funny…
Actually, that’s really robbing West Brom’s second-string keeper, Marton Fulop, of the glory. Fulop was first to a through-ball with...
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Ultimate Fair Play Goal
The Ultimate Fair Play Goal. Check the video here
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Are You Ready For Some Football?
Now that the EPL season is over… here’s to hoping Euro 2012 will provide half as many exciting moments as the World Cup did.
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So Long Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Today, Ruud Van Nistelrooy announced his retirement from professional football. Van Nistelrooy was key to helping Malaga earn a Champions League bid this season. He will go down as one of the most prolific finishers of all time.
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Hilarious Description of China's Pink Slushy...
Hilarious description of the above product by Morgan Short. The description was featured in the 2012 Ice Cream Overdose article on Smart Shanghai.
Tastes like:
You know when you’re a kid and your parents want you to do some sports or something, get you out of the house, interact with kids your age and stuff, and soccer looks like it’s an alright and easy sport to play. Kicking a ball shouldn’t...
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“WELP. Looks like we wont be needing these anymore.”
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Keys to Winning Champions League Final
Now that all of the european domestic leagues have finished. The final tournament to be decided comes to a close next weekend in Munich. Chelsea and Bayern Munich, two teams that failed to win their respective leagues, have been focusing on bringing their A-games this time around. It might take a little bit more than that to walk away with the trophy. Bleacher Report has their say on what will...
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"They'll Be Dancing the Tango Tonight in Man...
Who knows, maybe Cristina Fernandez can use Aguero, Tevez, and Zabaleta’s performance as a bargaining chip at her next discussion with Prince William over the Falkland Islands
Wishful thinking.
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Mixed Emotions All Around
From start to finish the two hour period of mayhem that was the last week of the premier league was tantalizing. My hopes at the start were Arsenal win and Manchester City to find some way to not win the league. I didn’t care if it meant Manchester United winning 9-0 and usurping the goal differential battle. So as I see Arsenal take the lead for the final time, I turn my attention to the...
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“I have been playing here for eight years and I love this club. Whatever happens...”
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Robin Van Persie’s response when questioned about his future with Arsenal.
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Robin Van Persie: Let the Drama Begin
BBC Sport released an article on Robin Van Persie’s uncertain future at Arsenal.
RVP’s contract with Arsenal is set to expire at the end of the 2012/2013 season and when questioned by reporters as to whether he will be at The Emirates next season, RVP chooses his words very carefully. Let the drama begin…
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Other Football's #1 Pick Loves the Beautiful Game
Recently drafted Indianapolis Colts QB, Andrew Luck, is a self-proclaimed soccer and Houston Dynamo fan. He and his father Oliver Luck were in attendance as Houston debuted BBVA Compass Stadium with a 1-0 win over DC United. The guy already has the life, but after checking his interview with KickTV, I found out he used to go to Arsenal games at Highbury when he was young. Talk about jealousy!
Final Goal Tallies: German Bundesliga
Scoring Leaders
1. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04) 29
2. Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich) 26
3. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund) 22
Special Thanks to Dale Con Comba for keeping tally.
Final Goal Tallies: La Liga (Spain)
Scoring Leaders 2011/12
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 50 goals
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 46 goals
3. Falcao (Atlético Madrid) 24 goals
Final Goal Tallies: Italian Serie A
TABLA DE GOLEO DEL CALCIO SERIE A 2011/12
1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 28 goles
2. Diego Milito (Inter Milan) 24 goles
3. Edinson Cavani (Napoli) 23 goles
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Final Goal Tallies: English Premier League
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE 2011/12
1. Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 30 goals
2. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 27 goals
3. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 23 goals
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Manchester is Blue
A picture worth 1000 words. Man City
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