Golaço Stories

It's hard to imagine that the Pittsburg Steelers, one of the biggest NFL franchises of all time, has something in common with Huachipato, a small soccer club from southern Chile. However, just a quick glance at their crests will tell you that there has to be something there. To better understand the similar imagery first we need to talk about the Steelmark. The Steelmark is a logo created by the American Iron and Steel Institute to promote steel and all of its manufacturers. This was part of a campaign to highlight the product over the its competitors, plastic and aluminum....

This is Part 1 of a series which will explain each country's rules, criteria and culture behind how stars are placed over the clubs crests. Today we will cover the Italian Serie A. Stay tuned for more! The Italian soccer federation has very simple, straight forward guidelines for how clubs are allowed to apply stars on their crests if they wish do to so: a gold star for every 10 national titles. The tradition first started with Juventus, in 1958 the club won it's 10th "scudetto" and sewed a golden star over its crest. The federation liked the idea and made...

       DPMM FC is a club from the tiny country of Brunei, a microstate on the Malaysian coast, similar to Monaco and France. DPMM FC stands for Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota FC which translates to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club. As the name suggests the club was founded in 2000 and is owned and run by the prince of Brunei's royal family. Until 2004 it competed and dominated in the local league, to the point where DPMM felt the need find a new challenge. In 2005 the Bruneian club entered the Malaysian second...

        In 1978 the CONCACAF Champions League (named CONCACAF Champions Cup at the time) was split into 3 different zones. The North-American Zone for USA and Mexico, the Caribbean Zone for the islands plus Suriname and Guyana, and the Central-American Zone for the countries of that region. The champion of the Caribbean Zone would go directly to the final, while the other two would play a semi-final to determine the opponent. In North America, Leones Negros defeated Pumas in the regional final and took the crown. In Central America, Comunicaciones from Guatemala defeated Saprissa from Costa Rica and...

      Joh   In 1998 the São Paulo State Soccer Federation, of Brazil, noticed that the clubs it governed weren't doing well. The "Big 4" of the state, São Paulo FC, Palmeiras, Corinthians and Santos, hadn't won a major title in 3 years and the Federation decided to do something to shake things up. The Federation decided to pull a marketing stunt, it bought Marcelinho Carioca from Valencia for $7million USD and would give the player for free to one of the previously mentioned "Big 4" clubs. Who got Marcelinho would be decided with a telethon they named "Disque...