Kicking off a new NYCFC.com weekly series, Trending takes a look at the best online soccer content you might have missed over the last seven days.
From beard-strokingly intriguing articles to ridiculous pieces of skill, we’ve got you covered with this compilation of the web-based wonder.
Without any further ado…
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How Patrick Vieira battled his way to become the complete midfielder – These Football Times
For those too young to remember our Head Coach in his playing days, this is a terrific introduction to Patrick’s career.
Charting his course from the streets of Dakar to the World Cup final and beyond, writer Christopher Weir does a fine job in providing this portrait of one of the greatest midfielders of his generation.
As Weir puts it, “If Thierry Henry was Arsenal’s superstar, then Vieira was its nuclear soul, an irresistible force of nature that made the midfield his personal, unconquerable universe.”
Messi Magic
News flash! Lionel Messi is good at soccer.
The Argentine magician is still finding new ways to wow fans as he displayed against Espanyol in the Barcelona derby this past weekend.
Somehow these fan-shot images from the stands make his skills appear even more devastating than the broadcast pictures.
What a player…
Replay
Spot the Difference: Ajax
One from the uncanny valley! This goal from Ajax captain Davy Klassen last weekend bore a striking resemblance to a famous one scored by Finidi George against Bayern Munich in 1995.
So much so that the Ajax social media team challenged followers to spot the difference.
Spooky!
Top Five
Rookie Goals
You’ll probably not be surprised to find our very own Jack Harrison atop this list of MLSSoccer.com’s best rookie goals of the season.
The winger features twice in this countdown posted on the official MLS Youtube page…
Watch
Bohemian Rhapsody with Footballers
Queen’s seminal hit with original lyrics replaced by the names of obscure soccer players? Because, why not?
List
Bleacher Report’s Top 50 MLS Players
Let the debate commence! Three NYCFC players appear in the Bleacher Report’s list of the top 50 players currently playing in MLS… We might think there are one or two notable omissions but see what you think!
Art
Materazzi’s Homage
Flash back to the 2006 FIFA World Cup final where Zinedine Zidane brought his long, illustrious career to an end in controversial style with a headbutt on Marco Materazzi.
Like Bill Murray’s words to Scarlett Johansen at the end of the movie Lost in Translation, it seems we’ll never know what the Italian actually said to prompt such a reaction from Zidane but the Azzurri defender is clearly over it, paying homage to the incident with a piece of artwork that he displayed on Instagram this week…
Trolling?
What!?
Shrugs Nope, us neither…
That’s all for this first week of Trending! Let us know what we’ve missed and make your submissions for next week’s installment by tweeting @markbooth_nycfc.
