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Your Uruguay-Colombia Open Thread

Hi! Sorry we're late, but here's your place to talk about Uruguay-Colombia and how vicious that James Rodríguez volley was. Or you could make some jokes about Luis Suarez and how Uruguay are toothless without him. ...

The James Rodríguez Golazo, As Called On Colombian Television

You knew this was coming, didn't you? Here's how the brilliant James Rodríguez goal that put Colombia up 1-0 on Uruguay sounded on Colombian TV broadcaster Caracol. ROCK OUT. Update: here's James's second goal, as aired on the same network:...

James Rodríguez With The Wonder-Goal For Colombia

Shit man, this is pretty. ...

Colombia's Four Goals Mean Four Instances Of Amazing Announcing

Colombia put four balls in the net yesterday, which means we have four instances of Javier Fernández Franco going berserk and four instances of the awesome Caracol heavy metal celebration song. Here's everything from Colombia's Caracol TV, and the rest of the goals scored yesterday as heard in the h...

Japan's Okubo lies among a sea of Colombia players in Colombia's 4-1 win of their final group stage match. Colombia and Greece advance out of Group C....

Colombia Score Another Goal, Pull Off Another Great Celebration

We already saw Colombian dance time. Now it's time for another dance: one straight from Michael Jackson's Thriller video....

Colombia's Goals Sound Best When Watched On Colombian TV

Here's our daily roundup of every World Cup goal as heard on national broadcasts. Colombia again takes the lead, with both the amazing play-by-play on Caracol TV but also that kick-ass theme song....

Gervinho Rumbles And Stomps Through Colombia's Defense And Scores

After two Colombian goals from James Rodríguez and Juan Quintero looked to put to bed what had been a pretty tight match, Gervinho remembered that he's Gervinho and can tear his way to the goal and score at will. Ivory Coast were back in it! For a few minutes....

Your Colombia-Ivory Coast Open Thread

Here's your place to talk about Colombia-Ivory Coast....

Two Phenoms Could Make Themselves Very Rich Today

Most of us will tune into today's clash between the Ivory Coast and Colombia to see who'll leave the game atop Group C. But for some of the world's biggest clubs—Premier League giants Arsenal and Manchester United, perhaps—the focus will be on two players in particular: 21-year-old Ivorian right bac...

Colombia Know How To Celebrate A Goal

Greek goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis froze on a deflected ball from the foot of Colombian defender Pablo Armero and could only watch as it trickled past him and into the back of the net. Kostas Manolas got a foot on it for Greece, but the change of pace tripped up Karnezis, giving Columbia a 1-0 lead a...

How To Stream Colombia vs. Greece

Colombia takes on Greece at noon Eastern time. Here are your relevant streaming links:...

Even Without Superstar Falcao, Colombia Is Still A World Cup Terror

First, Colombia had to navigate the difficult South American World Cup qualifiers. It was easy. Led by superstar striker and certifiable beast Radamel Falcao, Colombia booked their tickets for the tournament after easing to a second-place finish in CONMEBOL. Going into 2014, Colombia looked a world ...

Colombian Striker Radamel Falcao Will Miss The World Cup [Update]

It's official: Radamel Falcao won't play in this summer's World Cup. Colombia's superstar captain tore his ACL while playing for his club, AS Monaco. He wasn't able to recover in time, and today, we found he was left off of his nation's final, 23-man roster going to Brazil. ...

Soccer Fans Celebrate Championship That Turns Out To Be Just A Rumor

Well, this is embarrassing. Thousands of fans flooded the streets of Barranquilla, Colombia, last night, dancing, blowing horns, and just generally partying to celebrate what they thought was the news that their beloved Junior F.C. won a championship. They are waking up this morning to sheepishly le...

Soccer Player Celebrates Goal By Putting On A Jacket

This is from Colombia's top league, the Primera A Clausura. By the time Vladimir Marin scored on this beautiful free kick in the 80th minute yesterday, Deportivo Cali already had a two-goal lead on Once Caldas. Marin's goal essentially salted the match away. He celebrated by letting everyone know it...

Evil Colombian Lady Suspended Two Matches For Sucker-Punching American Treasure Abby Wambach

In the first half of Saturday’s 3-0 win over Colombia, Abby Wambach took a fist to the face from exquisitely named forward Lady Andrade. The refs missed it completely, and Wambach was sporting a black eye after the match....

Dead Man Attends Soccer Game

You, as an American, are now even rarer for not liking soccer. While you previously only had to contend with billions of people on the planet, they can now count the dead among their number....

Soccer Player Who Killed Fluffy, Defenseless Owl May Get Jail Time

Luis Moreno, the defender for Deportivo Pereira of Colombia's Primara A who kicked an opposing club's pet owl off the field on Sunday, could get up to three months of jail time for the incident. The owl was treated for traumatic stress at Zoosalud veterinary clinic in Barranquilla, Colombia, but die...