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Fueling a freestyler: Meet one of NYC’s greatest football freestylers and what fuels him and his family

The sport of soccer goes by many names with one that everyone can agree on: The Beautiful Game. Soccer transcends the fields it’s played on and breaks through into art and everyday life.

One New York freestyler epitomizes turning the sport into a daily routine with style and family at his core.

Meet Frankie Flo. A soccer freestyler who has performed on the world’s largest stages, a proud father, peanut lover and artist with the ball at his feet.

Neymar shows off insane first touch with ball dropped from 115 feet in the air

Brazil is getting ready to take the world by storm this winter in Qatar and they’re doing so in the most Brazilian way possible: by having fun.

The national team players participated in a number of segments on "Domingão com Huck" ("Sunday with Huck") — a popular show hosted by Luciano Huck — that dedicated short profiles on the players that made up the World Cup squad.

Watch: Lionel Messi dribbles over injured player during Inter Miami’s 2-0 victory vs. RSL

Lionel Messi bagged an assist as Inter Miami kicked off the 2024 MLS Season with a 2-0 victory vs. Real Salt Lake on Wednesday. What everyone is talking about is a Messi injured player trick we have never seen before.

Messi is one of the most creative players on the ball in the sport’s history. On Wednesday he did something this writer has personally never witnessed a player try before. He used an injured player on the ground and dribbled over him.

Messi injured player trick

Own goal or not — Amazing rabona goal from Hull City’s Philogene is Puskas worthy

Hull City are one of several Championship clubs vying for the promotion playoffs and secured a big 2-1 victory on Tuesday thanks to an amazing Jaden Philogene rabona goal.

The 22-year-old Hull City forward scored an incredible goal that the internet has been raving and debating about.

Here was the moment Philogene scored a stunner to tie the game 1-1 vs. Rotherham.

Philogene rabona goal

Watch: Juve fans lose their minds after Weston McKennie pulls off insane ball control trick

Juventus and United States men’s national team midfielder Weston McKennie is experiencing some of the best form of his career and is exuding confidence.

Tuttosport, a Turin-based sports news outlet, rated McKennie as the best player for Juventus so far this season. The 25-year-old Texan is on a roll.

McKennie wowed the Juventus fans at Allianz Stadium prior to kick off when he showed off some incredible skill to control the ball.

Weston McKennie ball control

Watch: Lionel Messi’s 8-year-old son scores insane bicycle kick for Inter Miami’s youth team

Lionel Messi’s illustrious career is in its final chapters, and it’s widely agreed the world won’t ever see another talent like Leo. Some recent Mateo Messi highlights, the Inter Miami star’s 8-year-old middle child, have fans excited that he could fill his father’s massive shoes.

Mateo plays for Inter Miami’s youth team and scored a sensational bicycle kick that every kid goes to bed dreaming about.

Mateo Messi bicycle kick goal

Watch: Lionel Messi sits down same opponent twice in 3 seconds during 2-0 win vs. Peru

Inter Miami and Argentina forward Lionel Messi put on a clinic vs. Peru Tuesday night scoring both goals in the 2-0 victory and dazzling fans with his dribbling. The Messi dribbling vs Peru highlight was another masterclass from the MLS superstar.

The moment that is going viral on social media came when Messi was being marked by Peru’s Yoshimar Yotún. Leo toyed with the 33-year-old sitting him down twice and then still managing to get away when reinforcements arrived.

Watch: Sneaky Messi scooched the ball forward to get a better angle for free kick goal

Lionel Messi’s game-tying free kick vs. FC Dallas on Sunday in the Leagues Cup was an insane moment. A new video angle prior to the kick shows that Messi was a little sneaky when he was setting up to take the shot.

While the referee had his back turned the Argentine ever so subtly moved the ball closer to the middle of the field to get a better angle for the shot. 

18-year-old sensation Linda Caicedo inspires Colombia to stunning upset of Germany

SYDNEY - Manuela Vanegas headed a stoppage-time winner to give Colombia a 2-1 upset victory over Germany just when the twice world champions thought they had saved a point in a thrilling Women's World Cup clash on Sunday.

The defender powered the ball home from a corner eight minutes after German striker Alexandra Popp had converted a penalty to cancel out a stunning strike from Colombian teenager Linda Caicedo at Sydney Football Stadium.

Stop what you're doing and watch Brazil's artfully constructed team goal

You know it's got to be something special when you record a hat trick at the World Cup but the lasting memory of your performance is an audacious assist.

That was the case for 23-year-old Brazil forward Ary Borges, who grabbed three goals in her first appearance at the World Cup during the Seleção's 4-0 clattering of Panama. 

Borges, who plays for Racing Louisville in the NWSL, had Brazil up 2-0 before halftime with a brace. Then, three minutes into the second half, she created Bia Zaneratto's third for Brazil with an unselfish heel flick.

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