Soccer / Association Football Name Game

[bonarae]

So, here I go again... with the success of the Baseball and Football Name Games, I decided to create another name game, this time for soccer.

Basic rule:
Reply with the person's first letter of his first name starting with the first letter of the previous person's surname:

(example)
Freddy Adu -> Andy Rooney -> Ronaldinho

if a player has no surname (e.g. Ronaldinho), the next player's name should start with the same first letter of the previous person's name.

So here's the first one:
Robbie Fowler

Beware, you may have a hard time getting names for this name game. xpeacex

[mcveyrl]

Fred

[Blue Hen Nation]

Frank Lampard

[bandl]

Luciano Emilio

[TheValleyRaider]

Emmanuel Adebayor

[OhioHen]

Ashley Cole

[mcveyrl]

Ashley Cole

Let's go ahead and get this out of the way...

Cristiano Ronaldo

10167

[Grizalltheway]

Ryan Giggs

btw-Andy Rooney? xeyebrowx xlolx

[mcveyrl]

Ryan Giggs

btw-Andy Rooney? xeyebrowx xlolx

Gianluigi Buffon

[Blue Hen Nation]

Ben Olson

[mcveyrl]

Oguchi Onyewu

[Blue Hen Nation]

Oliver Rolf Kahn

[bandl]

Kaka

[slycat]

Kenny Cooper

[Grizalltheway]

Christoph Metzelder

[Dane96]

Morgan DeSanctis

[bonarae]

David Vanole

BTW, you can also list women's players in this Name Game.

[Grizalltheway]

Vladimir Gabulov

[blur2005]

George Best

[Grizalltheway]

Breno

[Dane96]

Brian McBride

[Grizalltheway]

Michael Owen

[Dane96]

Owen Hargreaves

[Grizalltheway]

Habib Beye

[mcveyrl]

Brian Ching

[bonarae]

Carlos Bocanegra, UCLA/Fulham

[Mr. C]

Ben Popoola, former Nigerian national and current Appalachian State women's coach

[Dane96]

Peter Crouch

[OhioHen]

Claudio Reyna

[Dane96]

Roberto Sosa

[Mr. C]

Sol Campbell, English national team defender

[Blue Hen Nation]

Simon Davies - Fulham Midfielder xthumbsupx

COYW

[bandl]

David Beckham :o

[bandl]

Bosingwa xthumbsupx

[Blue Hen Nation]

Brede Hangeland - Norwegian National Team & Fulham

[Mr. C]

Hank Steinbrecher, former US Federation prez and former Appalachian State coach

[Dane96]

Sergio Duda- Sevilla

[Mr. C]

David Swenseid, striker for Real Santa Barbara in the 1980s

[Grizalltheway]

Sepp Maier

[Blue Hen Nation]

Maarten Stekelenburg - Gk Nederland

[Mr. C]

Stewart Jump, Tampa Bay Rowdies defender in the 1970s

[Blue Hen Nation]

Jens Lehmann

[Grizalltheway]

Lothar Matthaeus

[Blue Hen Nation]

Michael Bradley

[blur2005]

(Sir) Bobby Charlton

[Mr. C]

Chico Chacurian, first Hispanic player in the U.S Soccer Hall of Fame

[blur2005]

Craig Bellamy

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Buschov Vladamier

[blur2005]

Vicente

[Blue Hen Nation]

Vassiriki Abou Diaby - former Chelsea midfielder

[OhioHen]

Don D'Ambra (Philadelphia MISL)

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Buschov Vladamier

Nobody called Bull Shat on me for this one? xeyebrowx :)

[citdog]

SOCCER IS A STUPID GAME FOR "BUNDLES OF STICKS" AND COMMUNISTS.

ALEXI LALAS

[slycat]

Don D'Ambra (Philadelphia MISL)

Dax McCarty - FC Dallas

[Grizalltheway]

Micah Richards-Man City

[Blue Hen Nation]

Ricardo Clark - Midfielder USMNT

[Blue Hen Nation]

Ricardo Clark

[bonarae]

C.J. Brown, Chicago Fire

[Grizalltheway]

Bernd Schneider, Bayer Leverkusen

[Blue Hen Nation]

The One - The Only.........

Steve Gerrard

[Grizalltheway]

Gerd "The Moustache" Mueller

http://www.wldcup.com/pictures/euro2004/20996.jpg

[bonarae]

Matt Reis, New England Revolution

[Mr. C]

Ricky Davis, New York Cosmos, former U.S. National team star

[Grizalltheway]

Dirk Kuyt

[Mr. C]

Kyle Rote Jr., Dallas of the NASL, U.S. National team and son of the former New York Giants star.

[bonarae]

Ray Burse, FC Dallas

[th0m]

Bastian Schweinsteiger.

[Mr. C]

Stephen Tataw, star defender from Cameroon's 1990 and 1994 World Cup teams

[bonarae]

Tab Ramos

[Mr. C]

Roger Milla, Cameroon striker and four goal scorer during the 1990 run to the quarterfinals (where they got hosed by the refs against England).

[Mr. C]

Time to bump this up and get this game rolling again a day before the Euro semifinals start.

Michel Preud'homme, great goalie from Belgium, who played in the Premier League.

[mcveyrl]

Petr Cech

(don't remember if he's been used. Which is bad since the thread is only 7 pages)

[Mr. C]

Carlos Valderrama, Columbian and MLS midfield star with the distinct curly red hair.

[Mr. C]

No one wants to play soccer around here? It's Euro Cup season. Come on, Citdog. As a former Bullpup kicker, I know you are a closet soccer fan. Let's have some fun with this thread.

Vagiz Khidiatullin, USSR national team and World Cup veteran of 1990.

[grizband]

Kaka

[Mr. C]

Kevin Sheedy, Ireland national

[bonarae]

Salomon Kalou, Chelsea

[bonarae]

Kyle Beckerman, Real Salt Lake

[citdog]

nikita kruschev xrulesx xrulesx xrulesx


commie bastages

[Grizalltheway]

nikita kruschev xrulesx xrulesx xrulesx


commie bastages

C'mon, just throw out some Israeli soccer players. They did beat England, after all. xnodx

[bonarae]

Kyle Beckerman, Real Salt Lake

Brian McBride

[Mr. C]

Michael Ballack, German national team

[bonarae]

Belozoglu Emre, Newcastle United

(yes, I even go to British sport sites to get names for this game! :D

[Mr. C]

Earnie Stewart, U.S. national team

[Grizalltheway]

Sepp Blatter, FIFA president

[Mr. C]

Bobby Moore, English great

[bonarae]

Mia Hamm, heroine of the U.S. in several Women's World Cups

[Mr. C]

Hakan Balta, defender on Turkey's semifinal Euro Cup team

[bonarae]

Brad Friedel, Blackburn Rovers

[Mr. C]

Frank Rijkaard, Holland national team great

[Grizalltheway]

Rudi Völler

[bonarae]

Vratislav Gresko, Bayer Leverkusen

[Mr. C]

Gary Lineker, English striking great

[bonarae]

Leighton Baines, Everton

[flea]

Brett Omerod striker numerous clubs

[Grizalltheway]

Oliver Neuville

[flea]

Neville Southall GK again numerous english clubs

[bonarae]

Steve Cronin, LA Galaxy

[Mr. C]

Claudio Caniggia, Argentina national team

[bonarae]

Chad Barrett, Toronto FC

[SonuvaHenx2]

Bastian Schweinsteiger

[Mr. C]

Stanislav Griga, Czechoslavakia national team player in 1990

[bonarae]

Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus Crew

[MSUfan2010]

Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus Crew

Steve Finnan

[Mr. C]

Frank Stapleton, Irish national team (FAI, "Find Another Irishman")

[bonarae]

Simon Davies, Fulham

[Mr. C]

Dave McPherson, ex-Scottish national

[bonarae]

Michael Ballack, Chelsea

[SonuvaHenx2]

Brian Ching

[bonarae]

Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United

[bonarae]

Ronnie O'Brien, San Jose Earthquakes

[Grizalltheway]

Owen Hargreaves, Man-ure

[bonarae]

Hermann Hreidarsson, Portsmouth

[Mr. C]

Henric Larssen, Swedish national

[bonarae]

Liam Miller, Sunderland

[SonuvaHenx2]

Michael Ballack, Chelsea FC/German National

[bonarae]

Bradley Jones, Middlesbrough

[bonarae]

Javier Mascherano, Liverpool

[bonarae]

Marc Burch, DC United

[flea]

Brian McBride Chicago, ex Preston NE, Everton, Fullham

[citdog]

Pol Pot..Khmer Rouge, communist

[bonarae]

Brian McBride Chicago, ex Preston NE, Everton, Fullham

Matthew Upson, West Ham Utd

[flea]

Uwe Rossler ex Manchester City

[bonarae]

Rod Dyachenko, DC United

[flea]

Danny Dichio ex west ham among others

[bonarae]

David Beckham (LA Galaxy, Real Madrid among others)

[bonarae]

Boaz Myhill, Hull City

[bonarae]

Martin Demichelis, Bayern Munich

[bonarae]

Daniel Aranzubia, Deportivo

[bonarae]

Alex Zotinca, Chivas USA

[Mr. C]

Zague, also known as Luis Alves (and a few other names), the former Brazilian-turned Mexican striker. Anybody got an "A" name?

[bonarae]

Z. Zidane, the hero for France in 1998 World Cup (forgot his first name already)

[bonarae]

Zatyai Knight, Aston Villa

[bonarae]

Kevin Ara, Harvard

[bonarae]

Albert Riera, Liverpool

[bonarae]

Ronaldo, one of many Brazilian footballers popular worldwide

[bonarae]

Robbie Keane, Liverpool

[bonarae]

Karim Haggui, Bayer Leverkusen

[Mr. C]

Hagi, Romanian national team star

[Grizalltheway]

Harry Redknapp

[bonarae]

Ricardo Carvalho, Chelsea

[Mr. C]

Cheung Chi-Wai, Hong Kong international who played forward for the Vancouver Royals of the NASL

[bonarae]

Carlos Vela, Arsenal

[Mr. C]

Vladislav Bogicevic, midfielder from the New York Cosmos and a Yugoslavian international

[bonarae]

Boaz Myhill

[Mr. C]

Meno Droegmoeller, Rochester Lancers, NASL goalie

[bonarae]

Dean Whitehead, Sunderland

[Mr. C]

Wim Kieft, Dutch national

[bonarae]

Kolo Toure, Arsenal

[Mr. C]

Trakoon Jirasuradet, NASL's Miami Toros, Thailand international

[bonarae]

Jonathan Spector, West Ham United

[Mr. C]

Stewart Scullion, NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies and Portland Timber forward. Scottish international

[flea]

Steve Stone Nottingham Forest

[Mr. C]

Steve Sherwood, Hartford Bicentennials NASL. English goalie