Fabio Cannavaro is one of the most iconic figures in the history of Italian National Football. He has the most caps of any other player past or present and he was nicknamed, ‘The Berlin Wall' after his exploits in the last World Cup. The only problem now is that he ...

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Lionel Messi (right) in the first leg of his team's Champions League clash with Arsenal. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

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I love the notion of understanding that you are living a historical moment.

It was 50 years ago today... Like the Berlin Wall collapsing, President Kennedy's assassination and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, some powerful, era-defining events are so visceral in their meaning, signifying changing orders and societies, that their ramifications are felt beyond the span of their years so even people who weren't even born at the time can almost recollect them as if they were there.

With the 30th anniversary of Forest's European Cup double approaching, Gary Roe recalls the Annesley contingent's trip to Spain... Having broken down the Berlin wall (Dynamo Berlin) in the quarters, and wiped the floor clean with Ajax in the semis, my puns will now cease as we had queued up to get tickets for the Santiago [.

By Chris LaMacchia

The Columbus Crew took fifteen corner kicks, the LA Galaxy took zero. The Crew fired twenty-one shots, the Galaxy took three. Both Columbus and LA put three shots on goal. The Columbus Crew scored zero goals, the Los Angeles Galaxy scored two.

As any sports fan will tell you: The box score can be misleading; the dominant team doesn't always win; the only stat that matters is the score at the final whistle.

" You off then? Don't let the 5 Year Plan hit you in the..."
Do you remember where you were when the Berlin Wall came crashing down? Well you're spending time reading a football blog so you were likely watching Eintracht Frankfurt v. VfB Stuttgart in the 1989 Bundesliga, but either way, today was Toronto FC's Berlin Wall.