Goals By Van Persie, Costa, Zlatan & More Shortlisted For FIFA Puskas Award

FIFA announced on Wednesday its 10 finalists for World Goal of the Year – a.k.a The Puskas Award named after the great Hungarian striker Ferenc Puskas, who starred for Real Madrid in the 1950s and 60s. It's an eclectic collection of goals that favours skill over power and even ventures as far as a women's league in Ireland to find a worthy top-10 candidate. Fans will decide the winner and, as is often the case with such awards, star power will be a huge factor.
So don't be surprised if Robin van Persie, James Rodriguez or Zlatan Ibrahimovic finish first (Ibra won it last year with this memorable goal for Sweden in a friendly against England).

Only goals scored between Oct. 3, 2013 and Sept. 26, 2014 were considered. The winning goal will be announced on December 1. Here are the 10 finalists:

1. Tim Cahill, Australia

2. Diego Costa, Atletico Madrid

3. Marco Fabian, Cruz Azul

4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint-Germain

5. Pajtim Kasami, Fulham

6. Steph Roche, Peamount United

7. James Rodriguez, Colombia

8. Camilo Sanvezzo, Vancouver Whitecaps

9. Hisato Sato, Sanfrecce Hiroshima

10. Robin van Persie, Netherlands