Ricardo Quaresma (right) of Porto kisses goalkeeper Helton. Steaua Bucurest's Cornel Rapa (left) kisses teammate Vlad Chiriches.Īli Abbas of Sydney FC kisses teammate Alessandro Del Piero. (Photo by Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images) TFC's Jonathan Osorio (right) kisses Jermain Defoe. Real Madrid's goalkeeper Iker Casillas (right) and Sergio Ramos. (Photo by Micha Will/Bongarts/Getty Images) Sebastian Boenisch (right) of Leverkusen and Oemer Toprak. Now all we need is for a player to come out and pull a Michael Sam with his boyfriend. That and ripping off the uniform after a goal or the post-game shirt exchange will be reason enough to watch the World Cup.
Maybe it's a European or Latin thing, or maybe it's because there are so few goals scored so celebratory emotion gets pent up, but soccer players show no shame in kissing their teammates.
