18
May

FC Zurich women challenge FC Barcelona men to friendly

The FC Zurich women are not messing around. The Swiss team has played 22 matches, winning all of them, scoring 125 goals while only allowing nine. Apparently they aren’t facing tough enough competition, so they are looking to take a crack at one of the top clubs in the world, FC Barcelona.

They’ve challenged Barca to a friendly match on the evening of May 25th, and given that it is the same day as the Champions League final, Barcelona’s calendar should be wide open. The ladies have gone so far as offering to play on Barcelona’s home turf.

The only question left for Barcelona: “Do you have the balls?”

30
Mar

Chelsea, Manchester City to play friendly at Busch Stadium

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By FOX Sports Midwest

Since opening in 2006, Busch Stadium has seen its fair share of activity. From Dave Mathews to Bono to oh yeah, those two St. Louis Cardinals World Series Championships mixed in with plenty of high-quality baseball, the iconic venue gets put to good use.  

On Thursday, May 23rd the Stadium will welcome a new sport onto the hallowed grounds of Baseball Heaven when Premier League clubs Chelsea and Manchester City square off in an international soccer friendly. The match marks the first professional, non-baseball sporting event hosted at the new Busch Stadium.

Read more here.

26
Mar

Too long have pitch invaders been coming on to the field to interrupt the game. Now, it seems, we have a potent weapon against such anti-social behavior! A new breed of super stewards ready to take on the invasion. This video shows a fan on the pitch in the Brazil vs Russia game. The unsuspecting fan is running around the pitch (obviously lapping up his moment), before the steward takes him down with a move more associated with WWE.

The steward’s 15 minutes of fame continued after the match, when fans were eager to get a photo with him!

Image via @Pagey13

13
Jan

2 Great clips from the Hamburg-Austria Vienna friendly

For a friendly game, this one between Hamburger SV and Austria Vienna was quite entertaining! First, check out this awesome goal by Son Heung-Min who takes the ball up about 50 yards and finishes with a great strike in the top corner.



Later in the match, we were blessed with yet another pitch intruder! To the cheers of the crowd, this man excellently got past four stewards before finally being taken down. Particularly enjoyable in this video is the steward next to the goal, who for whatever reason can’t get off the ground and is practically crawling in pursuit!

12
Jan

PSV visits Thai prison, plays friendly against inmates

When major European clubs go on international tour, you think of high-end planning; five-star hotels, city sightseeing and mixed in with low-key exhibitions against your occasional local pushovers.

This wasn’t the case for PSV Eindhoven earlier this week.

Two days after defeating Thai champions Muanthong United in a friendly during their Centennial Asian Tour, the Eredivisie side visited Bangkok’s notorious prison Klong Prem Central Prison, the same prison that hosts a World Cup tournament inside its walls due to the large foreign inmate population.

Dick Advocaat’s side were shown around the facility before taking time to play against some of the prison’s inmates. Players like Arsenal target Kevin Strootman and former Barcelona midfielder Mark van Bommel participated in the action.