I was browsing through the Internet and I came across this martial arts video.  Perhaps one of the best Karate Kicks  I have seen in years, came from Diego Maradona.  He was one of  the greatest players to ever play the game.  Watch the number 10. (Diego Maradon).

Diego Maradona was playing for Bacelona when this fight broke out against Atletico Bilbao.  He was provoked by an opponent  when the fight started. I guess he had a reason to be angry because early in the season he was out for 3 months because of an injury by one of their players.

 

The most visited clubs’ websites (number of unique visitors annually)

1. Manchester United (England) – 452.7 million
2. Real Madrid (Spain) – 271.6 million
3. Arsenal (England) – 205.6 million
4. Bayern Munich (Germany) – 27.8 million
5. Liverpool FC (England) – 23.7 million
6. Galatasaray (Turkey) – 16.7 million
7. Olympique Marseille (France) – 16.1 million
8. Internazionale (Italy) – 15.4 million
9. Rangers FC (Scotland) – 14.5 million
10. FC Barcelona (Spain) – 14.3 million
11. AC Milan (Italy) – 12.5 million
12. Fenerbahce (Turkey) – 12.3 million
13. Chelsea FC (England) – 11.3 million
14. Aston Villa (England) – 11.1 million
15. Borussia Dortmund (Germany) – 6.3 million
16. Corinthians (Brazil) – 6.1 million
17. Olympique Lyonnais (France) – 5.9 million
18. Paris SG (France) – 5.7 million
19. Juventus (Italy) – 5.5 million
20. Manchester City (England) – 5.2 million

This information was released in September 2009 from the MLS Players Union.

Major league Soccer Players Union has released the list of 2009 player salaries.

The MLS player salaries are broken down into two numbers: the player’s current basic salary and the annual average guaranteed compensation. The annual average guaranteed compensation number includes the player’s annual basic salary, plus all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player’s contract, and any annual marketing revenues and agent’s fees over the term of the contract. This figures does not take into account performance bonuses.

The minimum salary for a Developmental players has also been raised from $12,900 to $20,100 basic salary to a handful of young Americans.

 Click here to see the full list from the MLS Players Union Website

Futebol Finance, a Portuguese marketing agency, has released a list of the top 50 footballer salaries for this season.  This is their salary for this season only and does not include endorsment deals. 

 Futebol Finance’s 50 highest paid players in world football
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, £11.3million)
2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona, £10.4million)
3 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, £9.1million)
4 Samuel Eto’o (Internazionale, £9.1million)
5 Kaka (Real Madrid, £8.7million) 
6 Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City, £7.4million)
7 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, £7.4million)
8 Carlos Tevez (Manchester City, £7million)
9 John Terry (Chelsea, £6.5million)
10 Frank Lampard (Chelsea, £6.5million)

11 Thierry Henry (Barcelona, £6.5million)
12 Xavi (Barcelona, £6.5million)
13 Ronaldinho (AC Milan, £6.5million)
14 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, £6.5million)
15 Daniel Alves (Barcelona, £6.1million)
16 Michael Ballack (Chelsea, £5.6million)
17 Raul (Real Madrid, £5.6million)
18 Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United, £5.6million)
19 Kolo Toure (Manchester City, £5.6million)
20 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, £5.2million)

 21 Robinho (Manchester City, £5.2million)
22 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, £5.2million)
23 Victor Valdez (Barcelona, £5.2million)
24 Frederic Kanoute  (Sevilla, £5.2million)
25 Deco (Chelsea, £5.2million)
26 Didier Drogba (Chelsea, £4.8million)
27 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, £4.8million)
28 Francesco Totti (Roma, £4.8million)
29 Luca Toni (Roma, £4.8million)
30 David Villa (Valencia, £4.8million)

31 Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich, £4.8million)
32 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich, £4.8million)
33 Ashley Cole (Chelsea, £4.8million)
34 Fernando Torres (Liverpool, £4.8million)
35 Gareth Barry (Manchester City,  £4.8million)
36 Patrick Vieira (Internazionale, £4.8million)
37 Charles Puyol (Barcelona, £4.3million)
38 Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, £4.3million)
39 Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, £4.3million)
40 Andreas Pirlo (AC Milan, £4.3million)

41 Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich, £4.3million)
42 Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich, £4.3million)
43 David Beckham (AC Milan, £4.3million)
44 Wayne Bridge (Manchester City, £4.3million)
45 Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid, £4.3million)
46 Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United £4.1million)
47 Andrei Arshavin  (Arsenal, £4.1million)
48 Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea, £4.1million)
49 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United, £4.1million)
50 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, £4.1million)

Fifa selected 30 of the best referees in the world for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Guess how many Americans made the list?

Europe

Olegario Benquerenca, Portugal

Massimo Busacca, Switzerland

Frank De Bleekere, Belgium

Martin Hansson, Sweden

Viktor Kassai, Hungary

Stephane Lannoy, France

Roberto Rosetti, Italy

Wolfgang Stark, Germany

Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Howard Webb, England

South America

Carlos Amarilla, Paraguay

Hector Baldassi, Argentina

Jorge LarriondaUruguay,

Pablo Pozo, Chile

Oscar Ruiz, Colombia

Carlos Simon, Brazil

Asia

Khalil Al Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia

Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbekistan

Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, Malaysia

Yuichi Nishimura, Japan

Africa

Mohamed Benouza, Algeria

Koman Coulibaly, Mali

Jerome Damon, South Africa

Eddy Maillet, Seychelles

North, Central America and Caribbean

Joel Aguilar, El Salvador

Benito Archundia, Mexico

Carlos Batres, Guatemala

Marco Rodriguez, Mexico

Australia and South Pacific

Michael Hester, New Zealand

Peter O’Leary, New Zealand

Source: Yahoo AP

Soccer News from the Internet.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP)—United States midfielder DaMarcus Beasley’s BMW car has been set on fire outside his home in Glasgow.

Police in the Scottish city are continuing to investigate Monday night’s incident, which it describes as “willful fireraising.”

“Someone blew up my car,” Beasley wrote Wednesday on Twitter. “I’m doin ok, just glad no one got hurt.”

Beasley, who moved to Glasgow in 2007, added: “In the market for a new car! Lol..Gotta try to find some humor.”

Rangers has described it as a “disturbing and deplorable incident.”

The US under 20 Women’s Soccer team defeated Mexico 1-0 in the championship game of the Concacaf tournament on Saturday.

Both will head to the Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany along with third-place game winner Costa Rica, which qualified with its 1-0 victory over defending and two-time champion Canada earlier in the day.

The U-20 Women’s World Cup will be held in Germany, July 2010.