New Soccer Fan Primer: My Favorite Goals

"And if! You know! The history! It's enough to make your heart go Whoa-oh-OH-OHH!"
Part of being new to the game is learning the history. And it's an amazing history, even just in the last few years.

In no particular order....

Argentina's Diego Maradona against England in the 1986 World Cup.


Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane in the 2002 Champions League Final against Bayer Leverkusen


Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo against Roma in the 2007-08 Champions League Quarterfinals


Chelsea's Michael Essien against Arsenal in the 2006-07 Premier League


Celtic's Shunsuke Nakamura against Rangers in the 2007-08 Scottish Premier League


Argentina's Maxi Rodriguez against Mexico in the 2006 World Cup


Liverpool's Steven Gerrard against Olympiakos in the 2004-05 Champions League Group Stage


Manchester United's Eric Cantona against Sunderland in 1996


Manchester United's Ryan Giggs against Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup Semifinal


David Beckham for England against Greece in the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers


Henrik Larsson for Celtic against Rangers in the 2000-01 Scottish Premier League


Benny Feilhaber for the United States against Mexico in the 2007 Gold Cup Final

New LA Galaxy shirts--Looks legitimate

Reportedly from an adidas catalog, these are the shirts the LA Galaxy will be switching to later this month. The jersey features a slight color change (white with gold and blue trim from white with gold and black trim) and a redesigned logo that is very simplified. The jersey is a standard adidas template.

The rebranding is taking place in the middle of the season to try and foil counterfeiters selling fake Beckham jerseys. Beckham will join the Galaxy on July 7th.