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The struggle is real in sports. Great athletes from all sports experience some down moments in their careers. Even the greats like Kobe Bryant experienced some moments of struggle. A-Rod has had a shit ton of struggle to with the season and next season his struggle will continue with that monster suspension hanging over his head. This collection of facial expressions surely resonates with the struggle and probably will make you a little sad. From the Manning Bros. to the classic Mike Woodson struggle face here are the Best Struggle Faces in Sports.
Daniel Sturridge
Sturridge is sad after his game-deciding penalty kick is saved by goaltender Lee Bum-Young. Better luck next time.
Tim Duncan
Losing sucks.
Cam Newton
This is that "what's the score? I'm trying to get outta here." look.
Mike D'Antoni
Mike D'Antoni can only hope that new additions Nick Young and Chris Kaman don't cause any more of these struggle faces. LOL.
Diego Maradona
The coaching experience usually brings the worst out of all of us. A lot of times it can cause some gray hairs, but in the case of Diego Maradona it causes struggle faces.
Colin Kaepernick
It was all good just a year ago.
Paul Pierce
The Truth is, Paul Pierce's struggle faces are hilarious.
Nerlens Noel
Nerlens got passed over more than a few times in this year's draft. That equals a struggle face.
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are a prideful franchise, so losing to the Miami Heat took its toll. Hopefully, more Derrick Rose leads to less of this.
Chris Bosh
Chris Bosh was in pure struggle in the Heat's matchup with the Pacers. Bosh averaged 11.0 PPG shooting 37.7 percent from the field during the seven-game series. At that point, Bosh was in pure struggle mode.
Mario Balotelli
Losing 4-0 in any soccer match can evoke the struggle face.
14. Michael Jordan
MJ was practically never going through the struggle face during his playiing days, but ever since he became owner of the Bobcats his face has brought sadness.
Venus Williams
Playing second fiddle to your younger sibling can do this to you. Venus is still a boss, though.
Alexander Ovechkin
He's usually dominating, so when he's not he gets sad.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo usually has a lot of positive moments on the soccer field, but even he has bouts with the struggle.
Roy Hibbert
Roy Hibbert was having that "put me back in the game coach" look after watching LeBron James' game-winning bucket in the Pacers' Game 1 loss in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Bryce Harper
Bryce looks like he's crying through the eye black. It might be because of Washington's very average season.
Kobe Bryant
Even the greats deal with the struggle.
Tiger Woods
Tiger seems to be caught in a malaise with this struggle face. It's all good Tiger, you can live your life again.
Drew Brees
Drew Brees seems to have gotten it together this season, but last year, he and his New Orleans Saints were struggling. Hence the struggle.
5. Alex Rodriguez
A-Rod has been making a ton of struggle faces during this season after all of the crazy situation he's gotten himself into. He still doesn't care though. That's how jackasses do.
Mike Woodson
The best thing about Mike Woodson struggle faces is how he makes these faces no matter what the situation is. The Knicks could be down by 20 or up by 20.
Kevin Durant
KD knew it was over back in the '12 NBA Finals, but this moment captures the essence of how much OKC struggled losing four games in a row to Miami.
2. Peyton Manning
Peyton takes this game seriously, so there's bound to be a few times that he's down if he doesn't get the job done. The Manning face is the best face.
Eli Manning
Eli is the king of struggle faces in the NFL. He just doesn't take an L well at all. The Giants 0-3 start to the season has to have him in struggle mode 24/7.