New Year & Holiday Fun

Hope everyone had a lovely New Year’s Eve and have been enjoying the day today. As promised, a bumper crop of what various ‘ballers have been doing on their holidays. There have been engagements, baby announcements, singing in the mirror while dressed in a towel (Cristiano), blue gradient shoes (Sergio), celebrating on a camel (Mateo & Lukita) and a rather ungracious joke about a rival (Toni Kroos, being a bit rude, IMHO).  Let’s dig in! (It’s long so be prepared!)

More Halloween Fun & A Birthday

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Happyyy Halloweennnn 👻👻👻💉💉💉

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More Halloween pictures! First up, Remy Cabella looking very scary!

Stuart Holden Retires

A day after announcing the birth of  his first child, total sweetheart & USMNT national team midfielder Stuart Holden has decided to hang up his cleats. Poor Stu has had a ton of injuries and some really shitty luck, so he decided to call time on his career. He did it in his usual charming, humble style.

Mazel Tov: Stu Holden & Karalyn West Engaged!

One of our favorite couples is taking the plunge. Stu Holden & Karalyn West got engaged. These two are endlessly sweet and goofy together. Also, incredibly down to earth. They’re the kind of couple you’d love to have a beer with or invite over for an evening of crazy hijinks (Drunken Jenga? Charades in Footie Pajamas?). And it’s about time Toby’s parents tied the knot!  Look how intent the puppins is on his mommy & daddy! Too cute.

Training & Valentines

Someone’s gonna get sued by Bale.

I’m so pissed! I thought the match was tomorrow so I scheduled something for Sunday morning that I now can’t get out of. DAMN IT! I’m going to miss the first half. Sigh. So anyhow the team trained again today for the dang match on Sunday. ::pouts::

Ringing In The New Year: Baller Style

How did some of our faves ring in the New Year? Well, Marcelo started by posting this, but had to share quite a few more pictures.

The Daily Drool: Omar Gonzalez

6’5″ defender Omar plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy. He has also represented the US at the U17, U18 and senior levels. In addition to wearing a hot pink headband yesterday in the Gold Cup final, he cemented his place in my heart when he carried my adored, injured Stu Holden onto the pitch.

Thursday Night Bits & Bobs

Oh, Karim.

I just even know what to do with him at this point. Here’s some quick bits & bobs before I hit the hay. Click on the galleries after the jump to scroll through the photos & captions.

UPDATED: Sunday Bits & Bobs: Part II (Now On A Monday Morning)

Well now that its heading for 1 AM and I’m in an absolutely foul mood, I’m going to make this a quick post since I have to be up for work in a few hours. This post deals with non-Real players. David Luiz and his goofiness always seem to cheer me up. He’s adorable. 

Wednesday Night Bits & Bobs

That awkward moment when you meet the guy you named your dog after.

An eagle-eyed cule (Photo by @barzaboy) spotted Messi & Cesc chatting with Isco in Ibiza and thankfully, snapped a picture. Ha!  I can see it now: