soccer

Well, you can't blame him for trying. Then again, you can sure punish him.

Perhaps the most obvious red car ever! Holy cow! This occurred Tuesday at a 2014 World Cup qualifier between the Ukraine and Moldova. Despite holding a 2-1 lead with only seconds left, Ukraine's Taras Stepanenko delivers this flying kick to the head of an unfortunate Moldovan defender.

Everyone knows you can’t use your hands in soccer, but that’s causing quite a stir in New York City.

Soccer celebrations are like slam dunks in basketball. It's hard to perform one without being a copycat. Apparently the goalkeeper of the Congo National soccer team is equipped with this information, and wanted to be an original. Check out his hilarious dance celebration.

Whether you love soccer, hate soccer, or are just impartial to soccer, you'll definitely love this kick. Check out what Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden did against England on Wednesday. Wow!

Well, this certainly wasn't this goalkeeper finest moment. This is video of a Romanian soccer match, where a goalie attempting to kick the ball down field, after a pass from a teammate, misses it completely, and gives up a goal.

Here, we have a kid getting smacked right in the face with a soccer ball by his dad.

This is video from the Ukraine, where a soccer fan jumps onto the pitch, and tries to choke out a referee.

This is video of a Brazilian lower-league soccer match, were a medic runs onto the field and kicks the ball away from a player. During a match between Ponta Pora and Coxim, a medic for Ponta Pora was walking behind the goal line as a Coxim player had broken past a couple of defenders and looked to be free for an uncontested shot. ...

This is video of a Turkish soccer fan stealing the jersey of a player who had just scored a goal. Kasimpasa and Gaziantepspor were playing a match in the Turkish Premier League when Ekrem Dag of Gaziantepspor scored a goal.

Authorities now say at least 74 people have been killed and hundreds injured after soccer fans rushed the field following a match in Egypt. The match took place in Port Said and the riot followed an Egyptian league match between Al-Masry, the home team, and Al-Ahly, who is based based in Cairo and one of Egypt’s most popular teams.

It's rare that a soccer goal is scored on a scorpion kick, but we've found one. Here, we see Bolivian striker Erlan Mealla score on a 20-yard scorpion kick against Colombia.

Soccer goalies, no matter how good they are, are going get beaten, occasionally. But by the net!? This is video of a soccer goalie getting owned by the net of the goal he was guarding. Keep you eye on the goalie, who is is black.

Two Iranian soccer players have been suspended from the sport indefinitely, fined nearly $40,000 each, and could face public lashings for a celebratory butt-grab after their team won a match last Saturday.

A soccer fan in Romania was charged Monday with running onto the field and breaking a player’s cheekbone. The criminal act triggered more violence and forced the game to be called off. The player remained hospitalized with a broken right cheekbone. Too bad they didn't give the team in red a longer amount of time to punish him for his actions.

Eren Derdiyok, a striker for the Leverkusen soccer team, pulled off a tricky bicycle kick in one of the most unique and exciting plays in soccer.

Soccer star Walter Pandiani of RCD Espanyol won a match against the Getafe football club this weekend with a last-minute goal. Naturally, the press wanted to talk to him immediately, but with no time to shower, Pandiani couldn’t stop sweating through the entire interview and soaked his dress shirt clean through by the conversation’s end.

If you think soccer is a low-scoring sport now, just wait until the robot goalies take over. This prototype of a mechanical goalkeeper isn’t ready for a regulation net, but is able to flawlessly protect his indoor soccer-sized goal from some pretty tough shots using GPS-like technology. Next, they should probably program the net-minding bot to take dives.

A squirrel ran onto the field at a women’s soccer match this weekend in what was either an attempt to either make the team or ask one of the women out on a date. If it’s the former, he didn’t help his cause by running around in circles and then laying down. If it was the latter, well he was darn adorable, so one of the ladies might say yes.

The legendary passion of the European soccer fan isn’t just for the young, apparently. This aged spectator at a Dutch Second Division (minor league) match was so irate that the ref had showed the home team six yellow cards in a four-to-three loss that he stormed the pitch with his mobility scooter and then twice rammed into the offending official.  Checking out the low-speed assault below. Read Mo