2010 World Cup Warmup: Roberto Carlos’s Impossible Goal

In the run up to the 2010 World Cup, which begins this weekend, I wanted to post my favorite YouTube soccer clip of all time. And as the resident soccer fanatic amongst the guest bloggers here, I’ve watched quite a few.

Roberto Carlos is a left-back from Brazil, a soccer legend who played for Read Madrid for 11 years and featured in 3 World Cups for his country. He currently plays for the Brazilian club Corinthians and was notably left out of Brazil’s national team for the 2010 World Cup (not too surprising as he is now 37 years old). He was recently voted best left back in World Cup History in a Dream Team poll.

In the clip below, you can see a better angle on Roberto Carlos’ incredible ability to bend a shot, this time from a free kick. This famous clip is from a game against France in 1997.

There’s a Roberto Carlos Pepsi commercial from 2002 that references this goal & the old Coke commercial with Mean Joe Greene.

The opening game of World Cup 2010 is this Friday with hosts South Africa playing Mexico.

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Mikl-em

Actor, nerd, poet, producer, writer mikl-em made his name short so you wouldn't have to. In addition to his blog you can find his writing in "Hi Fructose" magazine and witness him almost life-sized in various plays at The Dark Room Theater in SF's Mission district.

He tends to write about theater, humor, San Francisco culture and history, and stuff that's just plain weird. He thanks Scott for sharing the keys to the Laughing Squid virtual HQ and promises to uphold whatever it is that the mirthful cephalopod would prefer to be uplifted.

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