Top Ten Reasons I Should’ve Played Soccer

10. two words: orange wedges

9. you can yell at the referees all you want and they never do anything about it

8. two more words baby: SNOT ROCKET!!!

7. Soccer squads have the best nicknames

Crazy Gang … La Maquina … and my personal favorite Cabbage and Ribs …

6. You can be a regular sized human being and still play the game at the highest level

5. Soccer boots are way hotter these days than basketball shoes - soccer cleats ARE the new basketball shoes, 195 bucks really!? the only problem is you cant wear them to kick it with some jeans…

4. Awesome fans and the stadiums are cathedrals - the chants, the singing, the toilet paper bombs.. i love it! i mean, i like going to the Staples Center more than anyone but England and Old Trafford, done and done

3. If you are really good .. .you can make a ton of money, be huge all over the world and be totally anonymous in America - unless you are Becks of course

2. If you play your cards right, and you are good enough… you get to live in Europe after high school and don’t have to go to college

1. WAGS - This is the whole reason for this post… NBA and NFL get attractive girls, but euro soccer stars change girls like its going out of style … if i gotta see one more post of Cristiano with his shirt off and some hott topless chick I’m going to go crazy

Carly Zucker - Joe Cole … I’m going to say that Joe Cole is the winner in my book! what do you think?

With the signing of Robinho looking pretty likely for Chelsea, there are rumblings that Joe Cole could be headed to Liverpool. That would be quite the switcheroo. Not sure if this one will happen or not, but if Robinho does end up at Chelsea, I could see a move like this very likely for Joe Cole.

Taking a little vacation before their big day just a few days away, WAG Carly Zucker and her man, England and Chelsea man Joe Cole enjoy the sun and surf in Barbados.

image via DailyMail

I remember coaches cutting and pasting whatever quotes they could find during the build up to a match and either photo copying them to put in our lockers or taping them up on the wall for motivation.

Never really worked for me unless I was the guy getting called out.  Then I was pissed.

I doubt Joe Cole meant anything by choosing Messi over Ronaldo for the best player in the world (I’d go with most dangerous, but that’s just me), but is now the right time to make that statement?

I’m pretty sure Cristian Ronaldo has heard the criticism that he doesn’t show up to big games before. I’m willing to bet that he knows how much pressure is on him and how important his individual performance will be for Manchester United next week when they face Chelsea in Moscow for the Champions League Final.

What ‘ave you done Joe? Wonder if Avram’s pissed about seeing that all over the papers.

image via ChelseaFC