Food

Peanut Power with Chef T: Udon Noodles with Peanut Chili Sauce

Chef Teren Green, or “Chef T” as athletes call him, is a top performance chef responsible for providing the healthy fuel for professional athletes. He’s been the team cook of several pro teams and was the man behind the stove for the U.S. women’s soccer team’s 2019 championship run.

Part of what makes a winning team is having a winning diet. Chef T is an expert at using recovery foods like peanuts to get athletes the meals needed to keep up their nutrition.

Peanut Power with Chef T: Grilled Chicken Skewers with Peanut Chili Sauce

The world’s best athletes often turn to the power of the peanut for recovery from their grueling workouts. It takes the right kind of meal to properly fuel endurance athletes like professional soccer players.

Chef Teren Green, or “Chef T” as he’s also known, supplies athletes with these kinds of dishes. Green found his niche making meals for the pros. One of his biggest jobs was cooking up the food for the U.S. women’s soccer team when they became world champions in 2019.

Mexico national team finds viral kid who wanted to be Mexican, feeds him quesadillas

Sorry, Panama. I know the Gold Cup final is later Sunday night, but the tournament has already been won by Mexico after members of the national team met the child who wanted to be Mexican — so he could spend his days eating quesadillas — and presented him with that delicacy and an El Tri jersey.

It was revealed in the original video that the four-year-old boy has Ethiopian roots, but that's all over now — just look at how content he is to be wearing La Verde and eating that delicious cheesiness melted inside a warm tortilla. 

Worshipping crowd gathers outside restaurant to see Messi eat steak (his face is just gold)

Argentina worships Leo Messi. It always has been the case, but after the World Cup title, the adoration only multiplied. The love, the obsession, it's so unleashed that when people found out he was eating at a steakhouse in Buenos Aires on Monday night, hundreds gathered around the restaurant to chant his name and police had to come to keep everybody safe.

Shake up your recovery with these great smoothie recipes

Soccer is easily one of the world's most physically demanding sports. The game's strenuous mixture of long-distance running, intermittent sprinting, explosive change of direction and physical contact combines to exact a heavy toll on players. To perform at their best, soccer players need to have a balanced diet that provides them with the necessary nutrients and energy.

Seven tips to speed up your recovery between soccer games

Soccer is a strenuous sport. Unless you are a goalkeeper or a certain world champion from a certain South American country known for walking the field, should be prepared to run somewhere between six to nine miles per game.

FIFA investigating how Salt Bae was able to crash Argentina's celebrations and touch the World Cup trophy

FIFA has launched an investigation to determine how in the hell restaurant owner and famous chef Salt Bae got access to the field during Argentina's World Cup celebrations in Qatar. 

"Following a review, FIFA has been establishing how individuals gained undue access to the pitch after the closing ceremony at Lusail Stadium on Dec. 18," the world soccer body said in a press release.

Salt Bae World Cup acts anger fans 

Although FIFA didn't name Salt Bae, whose real name is Nusret Gökçe, you don't need to be a genius to know what's going on here. 

After MLS Cup meltdown, Philly rallies around man who eats entire rotisserie chicken for 40 straight days

When Jack Elliott's 120+4' effort on the rebound put the Philadelphia Union up 3-2 on LAFC in Saturday's MLS Cup, it seemed like a fittingly batshit crazy ending to a remarkable match. Philly, after coming back from one-goal deficits twice during regular time, could breath easy and the city's special unit for greasing the poles could begin its work.

How to throw the best watch party for the biggest soccer tournament of the year

There is nothing wrong with watching a soccer game alone, but hear us out: why don't you throw an unforgettable party? Sure, there will be people asking you what an offside is or suggesting that soccer goals need to be bigger to have more enticing scoreboards, but that shouldn’t stop you from celebrating this event that occurs once every four years. 

Guardiola warns Haaland not to overdo it on the tasty treats during World Cup break

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola joked he wanted striker Erling Haaland to lay off the food and drink during the mid-season break for the World Cup and come back fit to spearhead the club's hunt for trophies in the second half of the season.

Norway's Haaland, who has scored 22 goals in 15 games across all competitions so far, will not be heading to Qatar for the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 tournament after his country failed to qualify.

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