Golaço Stories

        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...