Humor

Irish side Shelbourne are grappling with an unconventional transfer after goalkeeper Scott van der Sluis announced he was leaving to participate in dating reality show Love Island.

Van der Sluis, a former Wales youth international, is heading to Spain after requesting an early release from his contact to take a break from his professional career.

The 22-year-old was confirmed as the British show's latest "bombshell" entry on Wednesday.

68,000 packed Workers' Stadium in Beijing on Thursday to get a glimpse of Lionel Messi and world champions Argentina during a friendly match against Australia. The Inter Miami attacker delivered with a stunning 20-yard strike just 79 seconds into the game, but one fan wasn't content to simply gawk in awe at Messi's magisterial ability — he had to make contact with the extraterrestrial. 

The United States men’s national team is gearing up for a second run at the Concacaf Nations League title with the semifinal vs. Mexico on Thursday and the final or third-place match scheduled for Sunday.

A total of 23 players were called up for the tournament and the roster includes big names like Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and newcomer Folarin Balogun.

The 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand is right around the corner kicking off on July 20. The United States women’s national team’s opener vs. Vietnam is on Friday, July 21 at 10 p.m. ET.

FOX will be broadcasting the tournament and released a one minute and 25 second ad on Friday that features several USWNT players and their biggest opponents trying to stop them.

The humorous video shows fans from other top countries at the World Cup like England, Brazil, Germany and more devising comedic plans to end the U.S. Women's dominant run in the World Cup.

A viral clip of Selena Gomez yelling from the sidelines of what looks like a pickup soccer game has spread like wildfire on the internet. Seriously, look up “Selena Gomez at soccer game” and you will have at least 50 different articles pop up in your face.

Ironically, I’m sort of doing the same thing right now.

The 30-year-old singer posted a video to her TikTok of her yelling out to some soccer players, “I’m single! I’m a little high maintenance, but I’ll love you sooooo much!”

The video already has over 26 million views in the span of 20 hours.

NJ/NY Gotham FC drew a record crowd of 15,058 to Red Bull Arena on Sunday night (including Sam Kerr, Eli Manning and Roger Bennett), but they fell to the visiting San Diego Wave 1-0 after Makenzy Doniak (a halftime substitute) scored just 44 seconds into the second half.

The 29-year-old's second goal of the season helped the Wave move level on points with the Portland Thorns at the top of the NWSL table. Gotham are two points back in fourth-place after 10 games.

INSTANT OFFENSE.

A top-of-the-table clash between regional rivals Independiente Rivadavia and Deportivo Maipú in the Primera Nacional (Argentina's second tier) on Saturday night went viral for a number of reasons.

The must-see video is of Independiente supporters celebrating the approaching full-time whistle with an insane display of pyrotechnics. Incredibly, Deportivo Maipú almost scored an equalizer with the final kick of the match while all this was going on, but Independiente held on for a 2-1 win to supplant their rivals at the top of the Zone B table.