Before he retired a month ago, Rafael van der Vaart's career took him to some of the greatest clubs in the world, where he played with some of the legends of the game. He started in Ajax and went on to play with Hamburg, Real Madrid, Tottenham and Betis while also appearing more than 100 times for the Dutch national team.
Donald Glover has accomplished more by the age of 35 than most people will in their entire life. But this might be his crowning achievement.
Forget his writing chops on 30 Rock, his comedic acting on Community, his range on Atlanta or his musical ability as Childish Gambino. We just love his FIFA 19 Squad Battles team.
In the early days of Major League Soccer, it wasn’t uncommon for players to take up part-time jobs in the offseason to supplement what was often meager pay. While many players made a comfortable living, rookies and squad players often struggled to make ends meet.
These days, every MLS player makes at least $54,000 — a livable wage to be sure, but nothing spectacular. Minnesota United center back Brent Kallman recently made more than that playing another — far less physically demanding — game.
Is Sydney Leroux pregnant again?!
Seismic activity was detected in the social media world recently when American soccer power couple Sydney Leroux Dwyer and Dom Dwyer announced they are expecting their second child. The Orlando Pride forward released the big news via her Instagram account with this hilarious picture worth a thousand words.
As much as we all love soccer here at The18 and around the world, we have to admit that there are a few things more important than the beautiful game. First comes survival: We need food and water, plus a place to live. After that comes sex, followed by our social desires such as parenting and friendship. Only then do we really get to soccer.
Jermaine Jones was a pretty stellar USMNT midfielder for a while. The sound of his strike against Portugal swooshing into the back of the net in the 2014 World Cup ranks as one of my favorite noises of all time, right up there with Fry trying to gnaw his arms off to reach super Slurm and my cat’s purring.
But Jermaine Jones has been known to have a bit of a temper, and it may have gotten him in trouble with authorities.