Big names fail to deliver in Free Kick Masters event

FREE KICK MASTERS Uncertainty headlines soccer event Stars arrive late to elite skills duel; late scratches came a day before contest By BERNARDO FALLAS Sorry, your version of Flash doesn't support this video. Please download the latest version at adobe.com. You'll be glad you did. An hour before the start of Free Kick Masters, the most pressing question lingering at Reliant Stadium was not who would win the skills-based soccer competition and its $1 million top prize. It was all about whether the big stars would actually show up. Promised an impossible lineup that began to unravel in the days leading up to the contest, fans had a reason to wonder. Uncertainty surrounded the event. Then they began to trickle in. Brazilian star Ronaldinho, a two-time FIFA world player of the year and the event's headliner, snuck in through one... [read full story]                    

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