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World Cup: Matchday 18 Recap and Matchday 19 Previews

Dave Lifton June 28, 2010 0

Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia After all of yesterday’s drama, this game was bound to be a return to what we expect in the group stage: a perpetual favorite dispatching an overmatched opponent without too much

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World Cup: Matchday 17 Recaps and Matchday 18 Previews

Dave Lifton June 27, 2010 2

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

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World Cup: Recap of Ghana v. Germany and Australia v. Serbia and Matchday 14 Previews

Dave Lifton June 23, 2010 1

Ghana 0-1 Germany Australia 2-1 Serbia The second set of games of the day were no less thrilling – four teams, all of whom were still capable of advancing. The biggest surprise was Australia

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World Cup: Matchday 10 Recap and Matchday 11 Previews

Dave Lifton June 20, 2010 5

Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay Yesterday’s Cameroon v. Denmark game showed that a fight for survival between teams of contrasting styles could lead to an exciting display of attacking soccer. This was the opposite. Slovakia were

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World Cup: Matchday 9 Recap and Matchday 10 Previews

Dave Lifton June 19, 2010 2

Netherlands 1-0 Japan Games like this are why I can never take the Dutch seriously as contenders, but also why I can’t count them out. Like their fellow underachievers Spain against Switzerland, they struggled

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World Cup: Matchday 5 Recap and Matchday 6 Preview

Dave Lifton June 15, 2010 9

Popdose's daily recap of the action at the World Cup and a preview of tomorrow's games

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World Cup: Matchday 4 Recap and Matchday 5 Preview

Dave Lifton June 14, 2010 0

Popdose's daily recap of the action at the World Cup and a preview of tomorrow's games

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The World Cup: Groups E & F Previews

Dave Lifton June 8, 2010 2

Before we get into the third part of my World Cup previews, don’t forget to join the Yahoo World Cup Fantasy Group for Popdose readers. The password is “popdose.” Thanks to those of you

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