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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: Recap of Ghana v. Germany and Australia v. Serbia and Matchday 14 Previews
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
Read More »World Cup: Recap of United States v. Algeria and England v. Slovenia
United States 1-0 Algeria Slovenia 0-1 England Last night, a friend quoted the speech given by Herb Brooks (as portrayed by Kurt Russell) before the game against the Soviets in Miracle: “This is your
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 11 Recap and Matchday 12 Previews
Portugal 7-0 North Korea Before North Korea’s opening game against Brazil, a friend retweeted something from someone he followed. The other person asked if it was OK to root for North Korea. My friend
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 10 Recap and Matchday 11 Previews
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
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 9 Recap and Matchday 10 Previews
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
Read More »World Cup: Matchday 8 Recap and Matchday 9 Previews
Germany 0-1 Serbia I disagree with the conventional wisdom on the sending off of Miroslav Klose. Yes, it was harsh, but he was already on a yellow, and you don’t make a needless tackle
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
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