The calendar year is nearing its end, and with it, we bid farewell to 12 months of football rife with brilliant individual performances and stellar team efforts, and damaging demonstrations and disastrous displays.
With that in mind, theScore is looking back at 25 moments that defined world football in 2017:
Giroud kicks off the year with Puskas-winning scorpion kick
It was equal parts audacious, astounding, and awesome, and earned Olivier Giroud the Puskas Award by year’s end. But for the Arsenal man, a goal could not have been struck more sweetly to kick off the new year than this.
Wayne Rooney surpasses Sir Bobby Charlton with 250 goals
At the top of the year, Wayne Rooney was approaching a club record at Manchester United, having tied Sir Bobby Charlton at 249 goals. By the end of January, Rooney scored his 250th, becoming the club’s all-time top scorer.
Schweinsteiger asked if Chicago will make World Cup
When Bastian Schweinsteiger joined the Chicago Fire, one reporter asked if his presence might help the club qualify for the World Cup. Huh? The odd (and ill-informed) question left Bastian laughing … along with the …read more