Enjoy! The USA missed chance after chance, plus had yet another goal waved off, but Landon Donovan finally put the ball in the net in the 91st minute against Algeria to send the USA on to the next round. Great work by Tim Howard to start the break, and by Jozy Altidore for continuing it. My heart should…

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The French soccer team has continued its slow implosion at the World Cup in South Africa, providing hours of entertainment from both the team itself and the journalists who are trying to cover the big story. Following coach Raymond Domenech's dismissal of Nicolas Anelka from France's squad, things have only gotten worse. His French teammates have shown an unsurprising lack of respect for Domenech, refusing to practice as they head toward…

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Come for the soccer, stay for the preschool-level gymnastics! The Africa Cup of Nations is underway, and based on this video of the Mozambique goalie flipping face first over the ball rather than securing it, it appears to be the only major soccer tournament to take place using a ball filled with lead. Somehow the goalkeeper managed to…

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I always thought Landon Donovan was hated with a vengeance south of the border, but apparently he is liked well enough that he was hired to appear in this Mexican lottery ad. The commercial is for Ganagol, a game in which players pick the winners of soccer matches. Donovan, dressed up in the most stereotypical Mexican costume…

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Every office has one idiot who sends out e-mails to huge mailing lists without checking to see if all of the recipients actually need to be receiving that e-mail. In Iran, that guy is Mohammad-Mansour Azimzadeh Ardebili, director of the Iranian soccer league's foreign relations office. Ardebili's office sent out a New Year's greeting to every country that belongs to FIFA…

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