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USA National Team Soccer superstar Hope Solo is back in the limelight with a new ad for G, or Gatorade, well you know what that brand is. She’s pitching the prime, foodish products that you take before your workout to get fired up. Her ad co-stars Cam Newton, the 2011 #1 overall NFL draft pick and star rookie quarterback for the Carolina Panthers.
Manchester City won the Premier League title in dramatic fashion on Sunday, scoring two goals in the last three minutes to pip cross-city rivals Man Utd and win their first league title in 44 years. Tied on 86 points, City needed only to match United’s result to secure the title, which had looked lost a month ago when they trailed United by eight points barely a month ago. It all looked lost, however, with 90 minutes gone, with City losing 2-1 to QPR while Wayne Rooney’s goal at Sunderland had given Utd the victory they needed to secure a 20th league title.
You’ve heard of the expression “out-kicking your coverage,” or perhaps “punching above your weight class?” That’s what this post is all about, five guys in the sports world who are WAY overachieving in terms of their GFs, wives etc. Some of these men have fame, big money and are in tremendous physical shape, but some of them don’t.
And even the guys in this group that do have those qualities…when you see them next to the gorgeous beings they’ve landed, the extreme physical disparity is still outrageous and sometimes laughable.
We begin with a couple which made big news last week, or at least one half of them did. 2009 Miss Texas Brooke Daniels finally returned the $76,000 engagement ring Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams sent her in the mail alng with a video proposal. What a shock she said no. What’s more insane, spending long dough like that on a little rock? Or sending it snail mail? Or proposing in any manner that isn’t in person?
It looked like another title was in the works for Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United this postseason, but now it could all be slipping away.
Vincent Kompany’s header made all the difference in a 1-0 win for Manchester City over title rival Manchester United Monday. Roberto Mancini’s steam is now just two victories away from capturing the English Premier League championship.
Robert Griffin III will go second overall to the Washington Redskins on Thursday when the NFL draft commences. His new boss Daniel Snyder hopes that RG3 will be better at identifying open receivers than he is at identifying U.S. women’s soccer players. The Heisman trophy winner took to Twitter to brag about meeting hottie striker Alex Morgan.
Only it was actually Tobin Heath. Here’s the timeline correspondence:
Manchester United winger Ashley Young is at the center of a cheating storm after winning two penalties in one week with two more outrageous dives, this time against Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers.
Ashley Young is so good at diving that many fans are wondering if he actually practices his diving. Even Man U boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he is worried Young may get a reputation as a “diver.” But Ferguson won’t worry too much as long as Ashley Young’s repeated conning of referees helps United retain the Premier League title in 2012.
Hope Solo has been tweeting some about her 10 hour flight from Japan (the U.S. women’s national team tied 1-1 in a rematch of last year’s World Cup Final), and how happy she is to be now playing professionally for a team right next to where she grew up
From the Seattle Times:
Hope Solo doesn’t seem to ever be lacking in confidence, and when her former women’s soccer league folded, she considered another option. And that option shows that she really believes in herself.
“I thought about it (playing in a men’s league) when our league folded,” Solo told Goal.com. “I thought about playing for a lower-division men’s club team in St. Louis.”
Lost in the shuffle of Alex Morgan and Hope Solo, and if you know what they look like, and some of the things they wear, you’ll understand why. To see that stuff go here, and vote in our poll!
But don’t forget Ali Kreger, a stunning brunette with extremely beautiful jet black hair.
Ali Krieger began her career at Penn State University with the university’s Penn State Nittany Lions women’s soccer team. With the Nittany Lions, she was a two-time All-American, a first team NSCAA All-American, co-defensive player of the year, team captain, Big-Ten Freshman of the year and a semifinalist for the M.A.C. Hermann trophy.
While at Penn State her team won four consecutive Big-Ten championships.
Stateside it’s easy to think of professional soccer as being on the lower end of pro sports profits. But step outside the USA and you’ll quickly see that the sport of the world generates billions upon billions of income annually. While there are countless clubs across the world that have to pinch pennies to afford even the cost of soccer braces for their players, the teams of industrialized nations – mainly those in Europe – can afford the top talent and pay top salaries. As a testament to this, here’s a countdown of the twelve professional soccer managers with the highest annual salaries, courtesy of FutebolFinance.com:
12. David Moyes – Everton – Barclays Premier League
€3,600,000 ($4,718,006)
11. Luis Felipe Scolari – Palmeiras – Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
€3,600,000 ($4,718,006)
10. Harry Redknapp – Tottenham – Barclays Premier League
€4,700,000 ($6,160,458)
9. Arsene Wenger – Arsenal – Barclay’s Premier League
€4,700,000 ($6,160,458)
8. Kenny Dalglish – Liverpool – Barclays Premier League
€4,800,000 ($6,291,711)
7. Alex Ferguson – Manchester United – Barclays Premier League
€4,800,000 ($6,291,711)
6. Jupp Heynckes – Bayern Munich – Bundesliga
€5,000,000 ($6,554,376)
5. Carlo Ancelotti – Paris Saint-German – Ligue 1
€ 5,900,000 ($7,734,024)
4. Roberto Mancini – Manchester City – Barclays Premier League
€6,000,000 ($7,865,625)
3. Guus Hiddink – Anzhi Makhachkala – Russian Premier League
€7,500,000 ($9,830,484)
2. Pep Guardiola – Barcelona – La Liga
€7,500,000 ($9,830,484)
1. Jose Mourinho – Real Madrid – La Liga
€10,000,000 ($13,109,188)
For comparison, Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots is the highest paid coach in the NFL at an annual salary of $7,500,000.
After the jump, you can see a photo of USA women’s soccer player Alex Morgan with a Barça jersey. And a video interview.
She also expressed her support on the FC Barcelona website:
The star of Team USA has been visiting the club, which she says are her favourite team, because “they do magic on the field. I’m so happy to see them get as many trophies as they have”
Morgan, who played in a charity match in Washington during the US Tour, tries to catch as many Barça games on TV as she can.
Is that any way to treat a knight? Don’t you know the rules when passing a scoreboard over a Sir?
Legendary Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson got an unexpected and uncomfortable surprise on his lap during this English Premier League match.
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