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When Keeping It Highlight Reel Goes Wrong: Panenka Edition
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Billy Haisley
January 7, 2024
Soccer
Game’s Gone
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Luis Paez-Pumar
January 5, 2024
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Soccer
Girona Is Wide Awake
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Billy Haisley
January 4, 2024
Soccer
Mohamed Salah’s AFCON Absence Will Be Liverpool’s Biggest Test
60
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
January 3, 2024
Soccer
Chelsea Is Neither Here Nor There
47
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 28, 2023
Soccer
Vinicius Jr. Pays Visit To Best Cities In America, Also Los Angeles
44
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 27, 2023
Soccer
The European Super League Is Undead
68
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 22, 2023
Soccer
MLS Tries, Fails To Chart Bold New Frontier In Anti-Competitivity
165
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 20, 2023
Soccer
Sean Dyche Is Proving He Was Never A Dinosaur
69
Comments
Tom Ley
December 18, 2023
Soccer
The Frightening Familiarity Of Tom Lockyer’s On-Field Collapse
38
Comments
Ray Ratto
December 17, 2023
Soccer
Will Kylian Mbappé’s PSG Have Enough Time?
27
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 15, 2023
Soccer
Barcelona Loses Match, Wins UCL Group, Possibly Dooms Xavi
22
Comments
Albert Burneko
December 14, 2023
Soccer
Group F’s Final Matchday Was A Chaotic Grindhouse
40
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 14, 2023
Soccer
Manchester United Couldn’t Even Manage A Whimper
49
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 13, 2023
Soccer
Turkish Soccer Suspended After Team President Sucker-Punches Referee
148
Comments
Tom Ley
December 12, 2023
Soccer
Santos Suffers Historic, Agonizing Relegation For First Time In 111 Years
44
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 7, 2023
Soccer
The Wildest Soccer Match Of The Week Was Between Two Teams That Didn’t Even Play Each Other
22
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 7, 2023
Soccer
Sometimes You Need An Old Dog To Fight The Big Ones
43
Comments
Tom Ley
December 7, 2023
Soccer
Burnley Endured Hell For One Night In Heaven
45
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 5, 2023
Soccer
Tottenham Loves To Ruin Manchester City’s Day
95
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 4, 2023
English Premier League
Liverpool Beats Fulham Via Half A Mile Of Sick Goals
61
Comments
Albert Burneko
December 3, 2023
Soccer
André Onana Makes Manchester United Schadenfreude Taste A Little Less Delicious
52
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 1, 2023
Soccer
Xavi Is Not The Manager He Was Supposed To Be
29
Comments
Billy Haisley
November 29, 2023
Soccer
Girona Is Thriving On The Edge Of A Knife
13
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
November 28, 2023
Soccer
Sergiño Dest Lost His Damn Mind
79
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
November 21, 2023
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