A Football Report

Eric Hassli has done it again.

Remember his unbelievable hit from last year? Well, it wasn’t a fluke. Eric Hassli pulled it off again in the first leg of the Canadian Championship finals between the Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC last night. In injury time, Hassli’s right-footed strike had so much power that it actually made you feel for the net, nevermind the goalkeeper.

Augusto Alonso with a golazo like you’ve never seen before.

Augusto is 15 years old. He’s from Argentina. And he plays Amputee football. 

Amputee Football is played internationally by over 20 countries in 5 continents, but it is still not yet a recognised Paralympic Sport. Amputee footballers want to hold an international tournament in London 2012 to show the world what they can do. If you used to play, but football came to an end when you lost a leg (or an arm), then get involved, because this might be only the beginning… 

Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child in the background of a video spreading awareness for a good cause. Just perfect.  [More info on Amputee Football here, posted by EB]

50 Very Sensible Goals

What’s a “sensible” goal you ask? Well, you’ll have to ask Sweden’s Marcus Walkin, the creator of this video, but after watching these 50 I’m leaning towards nonsensical as my adjective to describe what’s featured on this list. Maybe Marcus is being modest. When I came across this I thought it would be merely another amazing goals list of the same, repetitive rotation, but this is actually a pretty, pretty good point of reference.

Anyone who starts with George Best’s NASL stunner in ‘81 has my vote of confidence. Which is the best strike in your book?

The Top 100 Goals of 2011

2012 is flourishing, but it’s not too late to look back on the best goals from last year. Messi is on the list. Ronaldo too. But you already knew that. Some brilliant golazos you might not have seen are on here too.

Highly recommended hidden gems: Hernán Barcos’ exquisite dribbling for Liga de Quito (#94), Nikica Jelavic’s bicycle kick for Rangers (#91), Julio Gómez with another bicycle in the U-17 World Cup (#87), Pa Modou Kah coming out of nowhere with a thunderbolt of a strike (#62), Gualberto Mojica’s one-two to back of the net strike (#55), Lisandro López’s textbook bicycle kick for Arsenal de Sarandi (#21), and Cleiton Xavier’s surreal touch for Metalist Kharkiv (#10).

What was the best goal of 2011 in your opinion?

20,000 Premier League Goals: An Infographic Breakdown

With the Premier League hovering around 20,000 league goals in its history, Barclays created an infographic to display some of the major trends of goalscoring since the league’s inception in 1992. Did you know that on average there have been more goals scored in each game this season than in any other?

Matty Burrows, a young player for the small Northern Irish League side Glentoran, scored this beauty in the 92nd minute to seal the victory against Portadown. What. A. Legend. Goal of the year?

(Source: cheekychip)

Milan Baros executing the coach potato method to goalscoring. 

(Source: cheekychip)