Stray Cat Crashes FIFA Game and Adorably Auditions for Goalie Pawsition: ‘This cat just made every Premier League keeper look like an amateur’

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jul 13, 2026 1:30 PM EDT

Gooooooooooaaaaaaaaal!

Usually, feline fam, the last thing you'll find us talking about here on I Can Has Cheezburger is sports. But that's because sports and cats almost never go together. Notice how we said "almost never", because there are some rare occasions when the two worlds coincide. Like, the Olympics, fur example. Every year that there are the Olympics, we always find some of the best original cat memes we've seen in a long time, so we actually have to pay attention to them. 

There may not be the Olympics this year, but if you haven't heard about it yet, the FIFA World Cup is happening in the United States. Everyone is all of a sudden obsessed with soccer (or football, for all those Europeans), but we still couldn't be bothered. That is, until we found this hissterical post from Cats With Jobs' X account. Now, all of a sudden, we're interested in soccer because one stray cat decided to crash the game and hang out in a goalie's net. If they were trying out for the role, they probably wouldn't get a contract because all they wanted to do was play with the water bottles and chill on the turf.

Only after the opposing team scored a goal did the kitty pounce into action, which is typical for cat behavior - only move when it's absolutely necessary. The goalie eventually shooed them off the turf, but any cat owner knows that you can't stop a cat from doing what they want to, and by golly, they really wanted to hang out under that netting. 

Did the cat help them win? Absolutely not. But did the match gain a few extra viewers simply because of the adorable feline? Yes, and it was worth it.

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    Currently uninterested

    From A Spor a SPOR
    via @aspor
  • 02

    How the cat thinks it looks

    Tom Nordgren @TomT77401 ...
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    VS how it actually is

    From A Spor a SPOR
    via @aspor

  • This isn't the first time a cat has crashed a sporting event, and it certainly won't be the last. It might be the most televised, though.

  • 04

    'The Cat'

    Dave Devonport @DMDev54 Not the first goalkeeper to be known as 'The Cat' of course.
    via @DMDev54
  • 05

    Zoom in

    78 From A Spor SPOR HABER TURK cin KASIM ZiBankas Ziraat rtföy Zira Bankası
    via @aspor
  • 06

    The ultimate goalie

    แกะน้อย › @kooktfc purrfect reflexes
    via @kooktfc
  • 07

    Just chilling

    SPOR From ⚫ A Spor LERIN SEMTI Ziraat Bankası PASALI CineR SEMTLERIN EFENDIS EFEN RIN S Ziraat B kası Ziraat Bankası Ziraat Bankası Ziraat
    via @aspor
  • 08

    Typical cat

    Ei @Helowstrangers Bro only starts working after conceding a goal.
    via @Helowstrangers
  • 09

    Don't we all

    Andrea Rachel @rach_8818 Kitty cat is so cute. Please don't get tangled in the net though sweetie. I love cats!!
    via @rach_8818
  • 10

    Shoo!

    amberg SPOR From A Spor PASALI Ziraat Bankası Ziraat P Ziraat Bankar Zraat Kablem Zaat Bankas Barkas Ziraat Bark Ziraat Bankası Ziraat Bankas
    via @aspor
  • 11

    Correct

    re-minor @reminor813033 So instead of blaming judges and argentinians, Turks should have put an experienced goalkeeper!
    via @reminor813033
  • 12

    They have returned

    From A Spor SPOR
    via @aspor

  • Now, it seems like they're actually interested in keeping the ball out of the goal. Or they just saw a bird. 

  • 13

    Yup

    Nature Bala @BalaNatureX This cat just made every Premier League keeper look like an amateur paws down the GOAT!
    via @BalaNatureX
  • 14

    It is

    Cat Cartel @CatCartelX Commentary account Signing a multi-million dollar contract to block shots and hoard water. Is that a regulation net size?
    via @CatCartelX
  • 15

    The most interesting thing going on

    From A Spor SPOR
    via @aspor
  • 16

    Nope

    Mr Humble @misterhumblee sorloth cant score a goal in this bro
    via @misterhumblee
  • 17

    Patrolling

    Ziraat From ⚫ A Spor
    via @aspor
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    It's not working very well

    KSchmitty @tysonluvskk 0 Last minute coaching session for the goalkeeper
    via @tysonluvskk

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