The goal of the week, if not month or year, comes from Ukraine, by Dmytro Ulyanov of FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. The cross arrived behind him, so Ulyanov went airborne to hammerhome with a scorpion kick.
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Video Pick: A sublime chip from Gio dos Santos
Columbus Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark stands 6-foot-2, but Giovani dos Santos chose a chip to beat him on a breakaway and it worked fabulously in the Galaxy’s 2-1 winand should be a shoo-in for MLS Goal of the Week.
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Video Pick: Top 10 long-distance Messi goals
After Lionel Messi opened his 2016-17 La Liga account with two long-range goals in Barcelona’s 6-2 win over Real Betis, the club compiled a montage of Messi’s Top 10 goals fromoutside the penalty area. Of the more than 400 goals Messi has scored for Barca, 41, not counting 23 free kicks, have been shots from […]
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Video Pick: Tribbett diving header tops MLS golazos
Week 24’s eight nominees for MLS Goal of the Week include three strikes from Toronto FC players —Sebastian Giovinco, Jozy Altidore and Drew Moor — but we like best the powerful header from Philadelphia’s Ken Tribbett.
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Video Pick: Coutinho free kick is best of EPL
The 30-yard effort by Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho is one of the best free kicks you’ll ever see and a nominee for Week 1 English Premier League Goal of the Week, along with superstrikes by Adama Diomande, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Theo Walcott and Xherdan Shaqiri.
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Video Pick: Giovinco leads MLS golazos
Two goals from Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco‘s hat trick against New England, the Italian’s fourth hat trick in 55 MLS games, are among the eight nominees for Week 22 MLS Goal of the Week, which also include a terrific volley from Portland’s Diego Valeri.
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Video Pick: Joao Plata curls in a golazo
Long-distance shots provided the most impressive nominees for Week 21 MLS Goal of the Week, startingwith a curling shot from the edge of the penalty area by Real Salt Lake’s Joao Plata and followed by chip from his teammate Javier Morales. Also in the running, asharp strike from David Accam of Chicago and a closer […]
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Video Pick: Giovinco aces two free kicks
Sebastian Giovinco‘s hat trick in Toronto FC’s 4-1 win over D.C United included two free-kick golazos, both of which are Week 20 MLS Goal of the Week nominees, which include a 30-yard strike from FC Dallas’ Victor Ulloa past Coloradogoalkeeper Tim Howard.
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Video Pick: Solo golazo by Andrey Arshavin
The 35-year Russian star Andrey Arshavin, who played for Arsenal in 2009-2013, now plies his trade in Kazakhstan and scored this golazo, juking defenders with a back-heel first touchand a swift cutback before lobbing the Taraz’s goalkeeper during a 3-1 win for his team, Kairat.
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Video Pick: Golazo by Dortmund's Dembele vs. Manchester United
Why did Borussia Dortmund spend a reported $15 million to get 19-year-old Ousmane Dembele from French club Rennes? Watch how he takes the ball at midfield, feints so well thatManchester United defender Marcos Rojo falls on his backside, before scoring in a 4-1 friendly win.