Italy face off against Costa Rica in a tie that could virtually seal the fate of Group D. Where to watch – Viewers in USA can catch the game at 12 PM EST/9 AM PST at – English language: ESPN and WatchESPN Spanish language: Univision, Univision Deportes Network and Univision online Portuguese language: ESPN Deportes Referee – Enrique […]

Italy and Costa Rica each have a chance to move closer to qualification for the Round of 16 when they play each other at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife. Both teams are coming off wins in their opening matches with Italy beat England 2-1 in Manaus in their first game while Costa Rica registered a […]

The ubiquity of digital media has led to a common lament that it's almost impossible to be truly surprised by players or systems featured on the world's stage. While that's often the case, it's still been excellent and a novelty to watch a few of the early round standouts play the under-used and tricky 5-3-2/3-5-2. […]

Costa Rica stunned an Uruguay side who were without superstar striker Luis Suarez by a 3-1 scoreline on Saturday afternoon in Fortaleza. The highly-fancied Uruguayans were caught surprised early in the match by an attacking oriented Ticos side that was maintaining a possession advantage. Despite being outplayed, Uruguay drew a penalty in Minute 24 when […]

Uruguay star striker Luis Suarez is on the bench and isn't fit to start the match, so the focus will turn to Diego Forlan and Edinson Cavani to score the goals today for Uruguay against Costa Rica. Where to watch the Uruguay vs Costa Rica game on US television. Kick-off time is 3pm ET/Noon PT: […]

The road to Rio begins for Uruguay and Costa Rica at Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza. This is an incredibly important match for each side, with the next two games being against top European squads in the form of England and Italy. It’s always important to get the tournament off on the right foot, but especially […]

The clock is ticking and we’re coming closer and closer to kick-off.  The world’s biggest football carnival will soon burst into life and we’ll see numerous footballing heroes (and possibly villains) emerge. There will be controversies aplenty on and off the pitch, but which teams will finish in the top two in their group to […]

The US men's national team played their third and final game of the first round of the 2013 Gold Cup Tuesday night against Costa Rica to determine which of the two teams playing would finish first in their group. Watch all of the action from the Gold Cup match between the United States and Costa […]

Gold Cup's Group C will be the most watched group. It includes the host nation, the United States, as well as Costa Rica, Cuba and Belize. There will be some familiar faces pitted against each other and could be considered the strongest group in the competition with Costa Rica and the United States, both potential […]

Some random thoughts from RFK….. DC soccer fans are among the best in the nation.  My only previous experience seeing a soccer game at RFK was when I saw Norway play Mexico in the 1994 World Cup, so last night was my first chance to see the DC soccer fans in action.  They do not […]

Jurgen Klinsmann has taken lots of criticism for his attacking style and his decision to continue to live in California while managing the national team. . While the critics may continue to persist, Klinsmann's Germany side scored 4 goals today and beat Coast Rica 4-2. Miroslav Klose picked up where he left off in the […]