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Silvestre Varela scored on the last kick of the ball in the 95th minute, and Portugal tied the United States, 2-2, in the teams' second match of 2014 FIFA World Cup play at Manaus, Brazil on Sunday.

When I started watching this video, I was inspired to the point of tears.  When I got to the end of the video and realized it was a commercial, at first that dampened my emotions.  But, the more I thought about what I had just seen, the more I thought the following:

If the kids are in a soccer league right now, it's nice to take them to a grown-up game so they can watch and be inspired. The SFA women's soccer team claimed the Southland Conference title last year, and the momentum continues this season.  They'll host LSU tonight at 7pm in a non-conference match-up.  This will be the final non-conference game until late October when they host the Texas Longhorn

The Dempsey scoring spree 'across the pond' continues. The East Texas native who plays European club soccer for Fulham, scored two goals last night leading his team to a 3-0 victory.

Abby Wambach scored the go-ahead goal, and the United States woman's soccer team defeated France on Wednesday, 3-1, clinching a spot in the finals of the Woman's World Cup. After the US took an early 1-0 lead, France began dominating the game's possession, finally scoring an equalizer in the 55th minute. But Les Blues weren't able to further capitalize on what ended up being a 25-11 shots-on-goal

Earlier this week, soccer star David Beckham pulled double-duty as a security guard and helped to apprehend a fan who had run onto the field at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. Beckham was lining up for a corner kick when the fan, who looked to be quite young, invaded the pitch and began circling about.

Two videos featuring unusual trick plays have been making the Internet rounds this week. In the first, a high school soccer team in Arkansas fools their opponents by having two players feign a collision, then using that distraction to set up an easy goal.