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IN ACTING CLASS — By way of reminder: Sports are entertainment.
But some sporting events entertain us more than others — and some with little regard to the final result.
Jessica Fishlock stole all three points from Utah Royals FC during the Seattle Reigns' 1-0 win at Rio Tinto Stadium. But Utah defender Becca Moros stole the show Saturday with her imitation of U.S. star Megan Rapinoe.
That, and more, make up our Great Clips of the Week. As always, click the video above for the full assortment.
Intentional dive
Yeah, we admit it: Soccer gets a bad rep for diving.
But is the reputation any better when the dive is intentional?
During the final moments of the Utah Royals' 1-0 home loss to the Seattle, Reign star and U.S. international Megan Rapinoe went down after (claiming that) her ankle was clipped by Royals fullback Becca Moros.
Moros didn’t believe the dive at first — but the ref did. So how did Moros handle it?
By telling — or rather, showing — the head referee exactly what Rapinoe did.
And the Oscar 🏆 goes to .... @BeccaMoros 👏 👏 👏
— KSL SportsBeat (@kslsports) August 11, 2018
(🎥@jdortz_photog) pic.twitter.com/uwu3OLVt7p
The academy judges prefer Moros’ acting job, for what it’s worth.
That's one way to score
You’ve seen goals scored in soccer with the feet, the head, the chest — and even a hand, (thank you, Diego Maradona).
But during Sunday’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup match between England and Mexico, Lauren Hemp came up with a new way to score for the Three Lions.
wait no was that .... pic.twitter.com/6S0hkDSwIx
— Salt City FC (@saltcityfc) August 12, 2018
Hemp's odd goal was in the final moments of a match England would go on to win 5-1, even after the Mexico goalkeeper tripped her during a counter-attacking run.
It gets better: Hemp's "butt goal" gave her a hat trick.
See the full highlight on FoxSports.com.
Fool's hope
During Monday's Stage 1 of the Tour of Utah, one rider thought he had picked up a big win.
It turns out, he had one lap to go.
This racer thought he just won the first stage of the Tour of Utah. It turns out there was still one lap left to go #oopspic.twitter.com/vYu31LLEZe
— Jeremiah Jensen (@JJSportsBeat) August 7, 2018
Travis McCabe was the actual winner of the first stage in Cedar City. Sepp Kuss, of Team Lotto NL-Jumbo, came back to take Sunday’s final go-around and win the 2018 Tour of Utah in Park City.
