Golaço Stories

        In 1971 CONMEBOL organized the second, and last, edition of the Copa Ganadores de Copa. After the inaugural edition, the cup was struggling to build momentum and clubs seemed disinterested.Brazil and Colombia had announced ahead of time that they would not send representatives. Argentina wanted to, but failed to find a club willing to participate. Chile and Uruguay determined who their representatives would be but the teams withdrew before the cup even started. Oriente Petrolero, from Bolivia, who had been drawn in a group with these countries, was left without opponents to face and would never enter...

       Following Pele's death in December of 2022, 2023 was filled with numerous homages and tributes to the greatest of all time all over the globe. Out of everything that was done to praise The King, something special happened in the small Brazilian city of Londrina.Pele's eldest son, Edinho, was the head coach of the local team who decided to make a special jersey for the celebrate Pele's greatness. They put Pele front and center on their jersey, with an image of his famous goal celebration punching up in the air.The jersey was only used once on the...

        In the spirit of Formula 1 racing in Las Vegas for the first time this past  weekend, we wanted to share our personal favorite racing competition: Superleague Formula.It started in 2008 in the UK and used the slogan “The Beautiful Race: Football at 300 km/h”. As the slogan suggests, the idea was to bring soccer passion onto the racing track by having major soccer clubs such as Milan, Sevilla, Rangers, Sporting Lisbon, Liverpool and many others, sponsor the cars.Despite some immediate success, over time many clubs pulled away from the project and major sponsors were dropped. By...

       Few clubs in world soccer have a mascot as iconic and charismatic as FC Koln's goat, Hannes.Koln's history with the beloved animal started in 1950, just two years after the club was founded, when the director of a local circus gifted a goat to the club for good luck during carnival season. The club named him Hennes, after the coach at the time, and officially adopted him at the mascot. Hennes was so important to the club identity that they are still known today as "The Billy Goats" and he was even incorporated into the club's crest.Before...