Here's Tom Goulding with an excellent addition to the 'My Favourite Goal' series. You
can follow Tom on Twitter @TomGoulding
I don't think this goal gets enough credit.
The hashtag #goalswhichgetforgottenbecauseoftheircontext on Twitter (which never really took
off, for some reason) was bandied around a few months ago, and you got the usual picks – Essien
vs Barcelona, Goulding vs Ardingly 3rd XI.
Angelo Fiorini is a must-follow on Twitter for any fans of Italian football. Catch him
@Ciociaro78 ... Here he talks us through a breakthrough goal for one of Europe's finest ever
players ...
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In this feature for the 'My Favourite Goal' series I'm going to bring you back to an era before
the exotic world of Italian football was brought to our screens by James Richardson and the
wonderful Football Italia on Channel 4.
So the Yanks reported on Monday, practiced for the first time together Wednesday, and Landon
decided to go all Oprah on us. Interesting week. Let's take a peek inside.
- So what did we learn? Not a ton, unless you're super interested in Landon's desire to kick all
those free-loading skeletons from his closet.
Click on the image to the left to vote for your favorite Union players to play in the 2010 MLS
All-Star Game against Manchester United on July 28 on ESPN2. If that doesn't work, click here.
Sebastien Le Toux talks to Goal.com about how excited he is that Henry might be coming to
MLS.
Passive defending is a great way to have attacking players work on their moves without fear of
having the ball taken away. Passive defending is also a great way to eliminate bad defensive
habits.
In American football, size does matter. In soccer size does not matter. Some of the best players of
all time--Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, and Pele--are short. But boy, do and did they play big.
Is there a short cut to success? Yeah, everyone says there are NO short cuts in life. However,
there is actually one short cut to getting better at soccer: play with older and, more
importantly, play with players who are better than you are.
No, that's not one of the Brazilians you missed from Dunga's callup squad. The Paradinha is The
Little Stop, that annoying and typically illegal little stutter during a penalty kick where the
taker stops right before the ball and breaks his motion to allow the keeper to dive and thus open
up the net for a feast.
