Saw this via a tweet from Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News.

Haaretz, a prominent English-language newspaper in Israel, completely obliterated goalie Ariel Harush following Israel’s 3-0 loss to Mexico in an international friendly.

The headline above was rather blunt.

Horn put out this tweet: “Harsh hometown headline about Israeli soccer goalkeeper. Can’t recall any DFW athlete referred to as ‘laughingstock.'”

Daniel Ben-Tal then further skewered the poor Harush.

The dry statistic is that Israel lost to 3-0 Mexico in front of 100,000 fans at the Azteca Stadium in an international friendly Thursday, but the real (anti-)hero of the game was Israel’s goalkeeper Ariel Harush who – how does one put this subtly? – underperformed.

The 26-year-old Beitar Jerusalem stopper made a complete hash of the first goal, somehow failing to intercept a hopeful 30-meter shot aimed straight at him.

Yep, Philly writers seem almost tranquil in comparison.