World Soccer Talk

Brazil defender David Luiz scored the best free kick goal of the World Cup after his sensational shot swerved into the back of the net against Colombia on Friday night. With the goal, Luiz may have sealed victory for Brazil against Colombia, which would place them in the semi-final against Germany. Luiz, the PSG defender, […]

Brazil defender Thiago Silva scored in the seventh minute for Brazil against Colombia, for a perfect start to the host country's World Cup qualifier in Fortaleza. The early goal by the central defender featured Silva kneeing the ball into the back of the net after a corner floated the ball to the far post. From […]

German defender Mats Hummels scored his second goal of the World Cup 2014 today with a beautifully hit header that put Germany 1-0 in the lead against France. After beating Raphael Varane to the ball, Hummels glanced his header with the back of his head. The ball struck the crossbar, past the reach of France […]

The excitement and euphoria surrounding the build-up to the 2014 World Cup illustrated the feeling that Brazil could provide one of the best tournaments in modern history. A wonderful carnival atmosphere had already begun across many streets and cities, with each of the twelve stadiums poised to provide a feast of football for the world […]

Eight nations will be cut to four over the weekend as the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil take place. The hosts are involved with the only pre-tournament favourites eliminated being Spain. The eight group winners all progressed from their second round ties with two needing penalty shootouts and three getting the job […]

Postgame yesterday, Alexi Lalas said this about the recently eliminated US National Team: “They are a better version of ourselves”. He’s absolutely right, whatever that means. What does that mean, and what does that mean for U.S. Soccer going forward? The US has never been able to compete with the big boys of world soccer […]

BBC Match of the Day pundit Rio Ferdinand said that USA would have beaten Belgium if the game had gone to penalties. Former Manchester United defender Ferdinand was speaking post-match on the popular BBC program. He and his colleagues Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer praised Tim Howard for his exceptional performance against Belgium. Howard's performance […]

Belgium broke the hearts of the USA World Cup team and fans nationwide tonight with a 2-1 victory in extra time. The Red Devils were 0-0 at the end of regulation time, but managed to go ahead with goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku before Julian Green scored a late goal to bring […]

USA teenage sensation Julian Green scored a brilliant goal in the second half of extra time to pull a goal back for the USA, with Belgium now leading 2-1. The 19-year-old attacking midfielder, who plays for Bayern Munich, hit the ball first time with a volley that struck the ball into the back of the […]

Belgium attacking midfielder Kevin de Bruyne scored a goal in the 93rd minute to put the Red Devils 1-0 in the lead against the United States. The goal was created after Romelu Lukaku broke down the right wing, causing havoc in the box before De Bruyne picked up the pieces and slotted the ball into […]

This is it. One team will be exiting the World Cup tournament this evening and the other will advance to the quarter-finals against Argentina. Will it be the USA or Belgium to advance? What a game we have in store for us. Where to watch – The 4 PM EST/1 PM PST kick-off can be […]

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Today's must-see game between USA and Belgium will be shown live on US television and Internet beginning at 4pm ET/1pm PT (coverage begins at 3pm ET/Noon PT). If the United States beats Belgium, the USMNT will advance to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. If they lose, they go home. Everything is on the line. […]

Zalando have created an interactive infographic that features the World Cup shirts worn by each of the 32 World Cup teams participating in the 2014 World Cup. The infographic allows you to roll over the team names to see all of the World Cup shirts worn by the teams in the history of the tournament. […]

Tomorrow afternoon in Salvador, the U.S. Men’s National Team will take on The Red Devils of Belgium with a berth in the quarterfinals on the line. Many pundits and fans, yours truly included, did not believe that the U.S. would make it this far. Right or wrong, a lot of the credit for the U.S.’ […]