Pursuit of Dopeness

Thierry Henry (NY Red Bulls) vs. Montreal Impact

As the season is winding down, we’re also finishing up the Goals of the Week series. Most of the major leagues throughout the world have crowned their champions but there have still been some excellent goals scored throughout the world. The top goal goes to a true legend of the sport, Thierry Henry, who scored a great bicycle kick over the Montreal Impact. See the rest of the best goals of the past week after the jump. [...]

As it’s well known throughout most of the soccer world, teams tend change their kits just about every season nowadays. The latest team to unveil their new home kit is Italian Serie A champions, Juventus. The Italian team keeps it simple with the same vertical white/black stripes, a decently-sized Jeep endorsement plus the Nike “Swoosh,” the Italian flag crest, and team badge perfectly lined up. What is a bit strange is the fact the new kit doesn’t sport any Championship stars above it’s badge.

Oh and for those who vaguely remember this team, Snoop Dogg has been spotted wearing a Juventus jersey before. [...]

The World’s Best Player for the past four years has released the Messi Collection by adidas. Check out the back-story/symbolism of the new line in the video above.

Buy Messi gear here: http://bit.ly/MessiCollection

Juan Mata (Chelsea) vs. Newcastle

Last week we had another double-fixture week, giving us twice as many options for our top goals. We didn’t see the usual awesomeness from the world’s top two players, but there was still plenty else to enjoy. Just a day late, but here are this week’s Goal of the Week!
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Week 4 of the year saw a lot of great goals all over the world. The top goal was a beautifully taken free kick by Gio Dos Santos (Mallorca) in his team’s loss to Málaga.

See the rest of our top goals of the week after the jump. [...]

For all of the sports fans out there, here are the absolute top 100 best goals of 2012. From Messi to Falcao and from Cristiano Ronaldo to Neymar and Zlatan, this list has it all and covers football/soccer from all over the planet.

Major props to whoever is behind the lorma96videos YouTube page for compiling this list.

Enjoy!

Picture: Calcio Befan

Now that league play for some of the top footballing (er, “soccer-ing”?) nations in the world has gone into full effect, we will be compiling a simple recap for what we’d like to call “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly & The Goal.” [...]

Andres Iniesta, of FC Barcelona and the Spanish National Team, is a true master of the sport of soccer. Some may say, he controls the game as a puppeteer of sorts… [...]

Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for the 2011/12 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. [...]

Photo: Gothamist

A deal is reportedly in its final stages to build a professional soccer stadium complex in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. [...]