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Alexia Putellas drops a golazo on Panama during Spain's 7-0 demolition

It's been almost a year since two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas went down with an ACL injury that cost her a place at last summer's European Championship and almost the entire 2022-23 club season with Barcelona.  

Her last appearance for Spain was actually July 2, 2022, when she received her 100th cap and scored her 27th goal in a friendly against Italy.

Now, after a long and demanding road to recovery, Putellas made her long-awaited return to the national team Thursday during a friendly against fellow World Cup participants Panama. 

U-17 free kick routine beginning with rock-paper-scissors is only getting started

What is it with the youth of Japan and unforgettable set piece routines? Every year we're visiting the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament to watch some team perform Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake before scoring, so it comes as no surprise that when all the finest young Samurai Blue minds come together to represent Japan at the U-17 level, magic happens. 

It's a friendly, Leo, go easy on them! Messi scores hat trick on 36th birthday

It's probably for the best that Lionel Messi was way too busy to watch Inter Miami play on Saturday night. While the Herons were getting smacked 4-1 by Philadelphia for a seventh consecutive defeat in MLS, Messi was celebrating his 36th birthday in his hometown of Rosario and playing in a testimonial match for Newell's Old Boys legend Maxi Rodríguez.

San Jose Earthquakes halftime show contestant wows with an outrageous dime

The San Jose Earthquakes and Portland Timbers played to a 0-0 result on Saturday night at PayPal Park, and news agency Reuters went with the headline "Goalkeepers steal show as Earthquakes, Timbers play to draw" ... Reuters wasn't telling the whole truth.

Real Salt Lake's Pablo Ruiz scores MLS Goal of the Year contender from nearly 70 yards out

Pablo Ruiz scored a remarkable goal from just inside his own half of the field and visiting Real Salt Lake continued their strong away form with a 2-1 victory against 10-man D.C. United on Saturday night.

Early in the second half, Danny Musovski added what stood as the match-winning goal for Salt Lake (6-7-5, 23 points), which completed an MLS-best-tying fourth road win of the season.

Ruleta de Zidane y túnel: Néstor Araujo puso el fútbol champagne en el México vs. Guatemala

Con goles de Raúl Jiménez y Roberto de la Rosa, la Selección Mexicana venció a Guatemala en un amistoso jugado en el Estadio El Kraken de Mazatlán. 

El partido, la verdad, es que no tuvo nada del otro mundo. Guatemala, dirigida por el Flaco Tena, fue un equipo ordenadito y que hizo pasar un par de sustos al Tri, pero sin TNT suficiente como para amagar a un México que hizo lo que tenía que hacer sin mayores aspavientos. 

Bueno, excepto por la dosis de fútbol champagne que nos regaló el central Néstor Araujo.

Team Ronaldinho vs. Team Roberto Carlos friendly scheduled for June in Orlando

This is the summer that dreams come true. Do you want to watch Wrexham, the club you've supported your entire life (since 2020)? The MLS All-Stars against Arsenal? Any interest in El Clásico?

İlkay Gündoğan's two-touch finish is worthy of a Premier League title

Manchester City took a massive step on its journey to a third straight Premier League title by beating relegation-threatened Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon.

City midfielder İlkay Gündoğan was man of the match after scoring a stunning opener in the 37th-minute before setting up Erling Haaland for a header just two minutes later. Then, six minutes into the second half, Gündoğan curled home a right-footed free kick beyond the despairing dive of Jordan Pickford to secure all three points for City.  

Mexico qualifies for Beach Soccer World Cup with stunning GK strike at the death

With only the two finalists qualifying for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai, Saturday's two semifinals at the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in Nassau were do-or-die clashes pitting four-time champion Mexico against host nation the Bahamas while the United States played El Salvador in a rematch of the 2021 final (won by La Selecta).

Team forgets to set the crocodile and is punished with a glorious free kick goal under the wall

After players like Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho started to get sneaky, teams worldwide popularized what Croatian player Marcelo Brozovic christened the crocodile: the idea of setting a defender lying on the ground to avoid a free kick goal under the wall. 

Watch any game of any league on any day of the year, and you'll see it.

However, our guys from Tigres forgot the lessons of modern football and decided to go without a crocodile during their game against Toluca in the quarterfinals' 1st leg of the Clausura 2023, and boy, oh boy, they ended up regretting it. 

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