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World Cup: Matchday 21 Recap and Semifinal 1 Preview
Argentina 0-4 Germany Germany might not have played a traditional Teutonic style, but their tactics today were straight out of their playbook: score early, sit back and counter strongly. Part of that was because
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 20 Recap and Matchday 21 Previews
Netherlands 2-1 Brazil This matchup of two of the most celebrated diving/soccer teams lived up to its billing. It helped that Brazil took advantage of Holland’s defense napping early on. Then came some wonderful
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 17 Recaps and Matchday 18 Previews
Germany 4-1 England This is going to be remembered as the game in which the ghosts of 1966 were evoked as payback in this famous rivalry. But even if Frank Lampard’s shot had tied
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 16 Recaps and Matchday 17 Previews
My apologies for the lack of updates over the past few days. As much as I love the World Cup, I was on the verge of becoming a full-on soccer zombie. Fortunately, shortly after
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 12 Recap and Matchday 13 Previews
It’s tough to follow two games simultaneously. Over the years I’ve found that the best way for me to do this is to put the game I want to see game on my TV
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 7 Recap and Matchday 8 Previews
Argentina 4-1 South Korea Questions about whether or not Maradona could mold this offense into a cohesive unit were answered with another thrilling display. It helps when you get an early own goal and
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 6 Recap and Matchday 7 Preview
Honduras 0-1 Chile After yesterday’s crapfests, it was a relief to see both teams flying around the field at a ridiculous pace, committed to playing attacking soccer (even if Honduras wasn’t very good at
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 2 Recap and Matchday 3 Preview
Every Friday throughout the World Cup, WNYC’s excellent Soundcheck program will focus on the music of the nations at the World Cup. Check out the first installment here. South Korea 2-0 Greece Greece’s once
Read More »The World Cup: Groups A & B Previews
It only happens for one month every four years. No, it’s not Jeff Giles’ mom slashing her rates (that happens much more frequently). I’m talking, of course, about the planet’s largest sporting event, the
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