Pop quiz. What's the only thing dumber than a coin-throwing soccer fan? A coin-throwing soccer player.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba responded to having a coin thrown at him during Chelsea's Carling Cup win against Burnley by firing the coin right back at the crowd.

Call Tuesday a day of surprising appointments to high-profile positions. On the same day that saw Barack Obama elected president of the United States, Diego Maradona was in Buenos Aires being introduced as the new head coach of the Argentine national team.

The legendary player was introduced as Argentina's coach on Tuesday, making a reality a hiring that few could have seen coming before last week.

Seattle Sounders FC introduced Freddie Ljungberg to the masses on Tuesday, showing off the club's first designated player and the player Seattle is hoping will be its own answer to David Beckham.

Seattle is certainly spending close to Beckham money on Ljungberg. Reports have Ljungberg signing a multi-year contract with a base salary of $2.

In one of the most intriguing developments to hit the soccer world in years, Argentine legend Diego Maradona is set to become head coach of Argentina's national team.

Yes, wow.

Maradona would take over for Alfio Basile, who stepped down after Argentina's World Cup qualifying loss to Chile on Oct.

You can call Wednesday the day of the qualifying upset.

The loaded schedule of World Cup qualifiers didn't figure to have too many surprising results, but by the end of the night, there were countless results to leave fans scratching their heads.

Such as? Try these results on for size:

• Chile 1, Argentina 0
• Brazil 0, Colombia 0
• Cuba 2, Guatemala 1
• Portugal 0, Albania 0
• Slovakia 2, Poland 1
• Estonia 0, Turkey 0
• Canada 2, Mexico 2
• Trinidad & Tobago 2, USA 1
• Japan 1, Uzbekistan 1

Like I said.

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When Colombian midfielder Juan Toja left FC Dallas for Steaua Bucharest via transfer this summer, the transaction went relatively ignored, overshadowed by the reports and rumors surrounding Kenny Cooper's potential departure, as well as other MLS transfers in the works.

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New York Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas and defender Gabriel Cichero have been called up by the Venezuelan national team for its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Brazil (Oct. 12) and Ecuador (Oct.

So who is this man pretending to be a seal? It is none other than Liverpool legend John Barnes, who has just been hired to take over as manager of the Jamaican national team.

Barnes takes over for fired head coach Rene Simoes, who presided over a pair of World Cup qualifying losses to Mexico and Honduras last week.