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The World Cup Teaches Germans How To Be Proud Of Germany
If you know anything about German soccer, even if you're a not a hardcore fan and only pay attention when the World Cup steams into town every four years and blows its piercing, un-ignorable whistle, I'm pretty sure you're familiar with the following narrative. It comes from the 2006 World Cup, whic...
France vs. Germany: Live Online Streaming Links
It's another Independence Day. Time to celebrate by watching France vs Germany. Here's where to find it on your TV (attention! ESPN2!) or stream it online....
Meet Rodrigo Paiva, Brazil's Player-Punching Media Ringmaster
Brazil play Colombia today in the World Cup quarterfinals. Their communications director, Rodrigo Paiva, is making headlines of his own after earning a one-game suspension for punching Chile's Mauricio Pinilla during a half-time dust-up....
It's Time To Embrace The Fun-Loving Colombians, America
On Tuesday, the U.S. national team was knocked out of the World Cup in semi-heartbreaking fashion. Semi-heartbreaking, because while the U.S. played like hopeless crap for about 110 minutes of the match, they had a glorious chance to win it at the end of regular time. It would have been glorious, ...
Does Algeria Really Plan On Donating Their World Cup Winnings To Gaza?
Yesterday, a story surfaced claiming that Algeria striker Islam Slimani said his team would be donating all of their World Cup prize winnings—$9 million was the reported amount, which is accurate for a team eliminated in the Round of 16—to Gaza. That's an extremely generous gesture. It also appear...
When The USMNT Played Belgium, Twitter Lit Up With Waffle Insults
Just like mentions of Nazis spiked on Twitter when Germany played America and Algeria, the chart above from Redditor honkeyponk shows Americans dissed Belgium by tweeting "waffle" over and over and over. ...
Why Your World Cup Stadium Sucks: Arena Pernambuco, Recife
The United States are out. Why do I even bother with anything? It's all over, I don't want to talk to anyone....
If You're Going To Scream At Arjen Robben For Diving, First Make Sure He's Not Actually Robin Van Persie
Here's a shirtless fan (with a carved "Y" of chest hair) verbally abusing Robin Van Persie as he leaves the Dutch hotel, yelling "cheater" and making diving pantomimes. Why? He thinks it's Arjen Robben. All Dutch people must look alike. ...
Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey Got A Call From The President
A top-16 finish is a success, so yesterday the two most prominent members of the USMNT received a phone call from Barack Obama congratulating them on their World Cup....
USA-Belgium Pitch Invader Jumped Out Of Wheelchair
The fellow who disrupted play during yesterday's USA-Belgium found an ingenious way to get so close to the pitch—he had a wheelchair in a spot meant for the disabled....
Here's What The USMNT Loss Felt Like Inside The Stadium
In the early minutes of the USA-Belgium match on Tuesday, a fan dressed in a Superman shirt strode onto the field, traipsing around until FIFA's security guards finally caught up to him. When they did, he cooperated and walked off, conceding defeat....
Yes, Tim Howard Really Was As Great As He Seemed Yesterday
As close as the USMNT came to dragging Belgium to penalties during its second half of extra time fury, we have to remember that our team had no business being in that position. With the quality of chances Belgium created throughout the match's 120 minutes, they should've scored early and often. They...
FIFA's No. 2 Is "Amazed" At How Drunk World Cup Fans Have Been
Congratulations, 2014 World Cup fans: You are very good at drinking. Or perhaps, like our American friend above, very bad at it....
The United States Had To Lose; They Didn't Have To Lose Valiantly
The United States had to lose; they had to go home. It was in the nature of things....
Is Fasting For Ramadan Dangerous At The World Cup?
It's bad enough that these guys have to play in the Amazon. The weather in Brazil is so preposterously hot and humid that FIFA instituted cooling breaks so players wouldn't keel over and die during games. But what are the World Cup's Muslim players supposed to do now that Ramadan is here? The month-...
Belgium's Shot Map From Yesterday's Game Is Bananas
This, from Squawka, was produced by the goddamn Belgian firing squad that Tim Howard stood in front of for 120 minutes during yesterday's soul-crusher. The man saw 39 shots—the fourth-most ever fired in a World Cup game since they started counting in 1966—and he turned away 16 of them. Nobody has ...
Keith Olbermann Has Seven Ways To Grow Soccer In The U.S.
Before this devolves into the inevitable flamewar (and it will; it's got Keith Olbermann, and it's about soccer in America, so it's going to be bad), take note of the pains Olbermann goes to to insist that he doesn't have a horse in this race. "I don't care," he says, "whether or not soccer succeeds...