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18 Things Every Youth Coach Understands

Your reasons for coaching youth soccer – for sacrificing your weekends, dealing with the headaches of communication, putting up with wall-to-wall nonsense – are selfless. You love the game. You enjoy working with kids and know that soccer is one of the most powerful ways to teach life's lessons. Generally, the rewards far outweigh any of the accompanying pains.

But, good grief, the struggle is real. You'd really like to skip the hassles of managing a team or running a club, but time and again you run into the same problems afflicting your companions around the globe. 

Deadline Day: Liverpool Have A New Team Bus

After a stretch of games in which they've made defensive errors into an art form, Liverpool have gone the metaphorical route in finding a solution during the January transfer window, and purchased themselves a bus.

These Two Simple Rule Changes Would Make The FA Cup Great Again

Let’s be honest with each other, the FA Cup has become an irrelevance. Once the pinnacle of domestic football, the world’s oldest cup competition is now about as popular as a presidential executive order, with only slightly more charm.

Cristiano Ronaldo Said A Bad Word

Cristiano Ronaldo is a nearly perfect human. He's chiseled, rich, famous and very good at reminding us that he is all of those things. He is still human, however, and just like all humans he occasionally loses his temper and becomes a pottymouth.

That's what happened when, recently, he made a (rare) poor touch and was booed by his own fans at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Per MARCA:

Neymar Knocks A Guy Out With A Napkin Holder In The New xXx Movie

Brazilian superstar Neymar got a bit part in Vin Diesel's new movie xXx: Return of Xander Cage, which features the Barcelona forward having a conversation about heroes with Samuel L. Jackson over lunch before knocking a would-be armed robber unconscious with a napkin holder. We are not making any of that up. 

This Friendship Own-Goal Will Break Your Heart

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and maybe that's true. If it is, we bet hell's soccer field is sodded with good intentions. 

This video is proof.

This Unexpected Hero's Save Will Bring A Smile To Your Face

Stefan Frei, your goalkeeping moment in the sun is over, step aside. Enter Brazilian club Ceara SC mascot Vovo. Like Frei, he’s got a beard, hops and incredible reactions. Unlike Frei, he’s not a real person. Unless it’s a guy with big head syndrome. In which case, I sincerely apologize. 

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