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May 30, 2007

Top 25 Goals From Europeans, South Americans & Africans That You Don't Know

The Sun (UK) recently ran a piece about the best goals in football history. Yes, that's football as in soccer (I'm working to improve America's image abroad).

But it must have been a pretty busy day over at The Sun- Posh Spice's nipples must have made an appearance- because they neglected to include video for all of the goals. That's just some shoddy journalism from my favorite Limey tabloid. Maybe you guys need a refresher course; it's all YouTube videos nowadays.

So I reviewed The Sun's list and decided that it was a little- not surprisingly- pasty English guy heavy. And since I'm an American, own FIFA for my Xbox and watch the World Cup every four years, I feel more than qualified to augment The Sun's list and put together a list of the Top 25 Goals in History. Because American involvement makes everything better. Even soccer.

The first 11 videos are The Sun's list. The other 14 are my additions.

Andres Vasquez vs. Orbero

 

Carlos Alberto vs. Italy

 

David Beckham vs. Wimbledon

 

Diego Maradona vs. England

 

Lionel Messi vs. Getafe

 

Michael Owen vs. Argentina

 

Pele vs. Sweden

 

Ricky Villa vs. Manchester City (alternate video)

 

George Weah vs. Verona

 

Archie Gemmill vs. Holland

 

Paolo Di Canio vs. Wimbledon

 

Ryan Giggs vs. Arsenal

 

Trevor Sinclair vs. Barnsley

 

Ricardo Quaresma vs. Belgium

 

Gianfranco Zola vs. Norwich

 

Roberto Carlos vs. Tenerife

 

Marco van Basten vs. USSR

 

Thierry Henry vs. Manchester United

 

Ronaldinho vs. Sevilla

 

Dennis Bergkamp vs. Newcastle

 

Rivaldo vs. Valencia

 

Ronaldo vs. Compostela

 

Roberto Carlos vs. France

 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs. Nac

 

Marco van Basten vs. FC Den Bosch