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Carlo Ancelotti: “Football is not a game for girls”

It’s been such a crappy week in American sports, especially when it comes to women’s issues, that the world just felt like it had to get in on the action. FIFA and world soccer are no strangers to seriously head-scratching behavior when it comes to the standards of equal rights in 2014.  Heck, even the […]

Video: Tottenham’s 48 pass goal is incredible

Tottenham smashed QPR 4-0 in EPL action on Sunday.  The highlight was a mind-bending 48 pass goal that was eventually scored by Nacer Chadli.  Spurs had possession of the ball for over two minutes straight without QPR getting a single touch.  Every player on the field touched the ball at least once in the same […]

Why Mario Balotelli is the perfect signing for Liverpool and the Premier League

Liverpool is trading one supremely gifted, supremely volatile striker for another.  And it just may lead them to win the Premier League or go down in a blaze of glory.  There is no middle ground with Mario Balotelli. Liverpool finally sold Luis Suarez after biting off more they can chew in their attempt to save soccer’s […]

Top 10 EPL Jerseys for the 2014-2015 season

Soccer jerseys are a funny thing for the American sports fan to comprehend.  Every year there are little tweaks, changes, and alterations with the intent of having fans go out and buy the newest kit.  While there is much tradition in the home kits of everyone from Liverpool to Leicester, the away jerseys and alternate […]

Bottom 10 EPL Jerseys for the 2014-2015 season

Soccer jerseys are a funny thing for the American sports fan to comprehend.  Every year there are little tweaks, changes, and alterations with the intent of having fans go out and buy the newest kit.  While there is much tradition in the home kits of everyone from Liverpool to Leicester, the away jerseys and alternate […]

Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates goal with Spiderman mask

Borussia Dortmund is playing Bayern Munich today in the German Super Cup to kick off the 2014 Bundesliga season.  Dortmund was given a 2-0 lead thanks to striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s tally. While the goal was nice, the Spiderman mask celebration is even better. Unfortunately for Dortmund, they plan on selling the mask to Bayern after the […]

Mix Diskerud opens up about crazy transfer saga… on message board?

One of the wildest and wackiest transfer stories of the summer didn’t play out on Wednesday at Barcelona or Manchester United or even QPR and Harry Redknapp.  No, it happened at the close of the MLS transfer window revolving around the Columbus Crew and US National Team midfielder Mix Diskerud. As the MLS transfer deadline […]

Ranking every World Cup Final in history

The World Cup Final is upon us, but before a champion is named in the Maracana on Sunday it’s time for us to look back at the history of the game to end all games.  The World Cup Final is the single most important game on the sporting calendar and each one tells a different […]

5 Things to Watch For: Argentina vs Netherlands

While Brazil vs Germany may be drawing all the headlines with the host nation undergoing a national state of emergency thanks to Neymar’s injury, the “other” semifinal is equally as enthralling. Argentina and the Netherlands have a World Cup history of their own as both semifinal matchups in 2014 are rematches of World Cup Finals. […]

Colombia and James Rodriguez are the real stars of this World Cup

Coming into the 2014 World Cup, the biggest question would be which world-renowned star finally grabbed hold of the brass ring on the biggest stage in soccer. Would it be the best player in the world – Lionel Messi.  A player who has set records for Barcelona, yet failed to produce his absolute best for […]

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You can now get your Luis Suarez bottle openers!

The World Cup meme game has been strong this year.  None more so than in the wake of Luis Suarez trying to take a pound of flesh from the shoulder of Giorgio Chiellini.  The Suarez bite earned him a hefty four month worldwide suspension from FIFA and also made him the butt of jokes and […]

World Cup Roundup – Day 9

Throughout the World Cup, we at 32 Flags will be giving you a complete recap of the action at the end of the day in our World Cup Roundup.  Not only will we run down the biggest winners and losers, but the highlights and most talked about moments of each day and a look ahead […]

Alvaro Pereira shows FIFA’s madness in refusing to deal with concussions

Concussions have been one of the major topics in American sports over the last year with the piercing investigative work into the NFL’s lax treatment of the issue.  As more and more studies are done and more is learnt about brain injuries and concussions, more precautions need to be taken by not just football, but […]

England legend Gary Lineker is wearing his Italy shirt today

English media personality and one of the country’s greatest players, Gary Lineker, is pulling out all the stops to try and get an Italy victory today to keep England’s scant World Cup hopes alive.  England need Italy to defeat Costa Rica today or else their World Cup is over.  So Lineker was going all out […]

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