The United States will need to play its best game of this World Cup in order to overcome Belgium on Tuesday. While the Belgians have struggled at times in Group H play, they have the types of players that can cause the US fits. Typically friendly results tend to be unreliable indicators as to team […]

World Cup Match #51, Round of 16, Group B Winner vs Group A Runner-up: Netherlands vs Mexico Date and Time: Sunday, June 29th, 12EST/9PST, ESPN, Univision, and WatchESPN Location: Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza Two soccer-obssessed nations with disparate pasts meet in Sunday’s marquee matchup. The Netherlands is a small country that consistently overachieves with players who […]

Since finishing on top of their group in qualification, Belgium has been somewhat under whelming. Despite finishing 2013 with back-to-back losses, this year they have had a good record in terms of wins and losses but the results are not as impressive as some might think. As of their final group game, they have a […]

Both the United States and Belgium will likely face-off on Tuesday in a humid Salvador without some of they key players in the line-up. Jozy Altidore’s return date has not been revealed but coach Jurgen Klinsmann remains hopeful that he will return to the pitch before their time in Brazil is up saying, "We are […]

Swansea City has finalized the signing of striker Bafétimbi Gomis on a free transfer from Lyon. The 28-year-old passed his medical having agreed to a four-year deal with the South Wales club. Gomis was sought after by multiple Premier League clubs. The French International has 12 caps for his country but was not selected by […]

Not so long ago, Andrés Guardado was the most notable Mexican in the club game. Given what's happened over the last four years, the memory's been relegated to a footnote, but the span is still there: A small window in the wake of Rafa Márquez's fade at Barcelona and Pavel Pardo's departure from Stuttgart where […]

Now is the high-water mark for being a soccer fan in the United States. The US national team escaped the Group of Death, the ratings for the World Cup are breaking records, bars are overflowing during national team games, and even non-soccer fans are admitting to watching every match in this tournament. This is probably […]

It’s been a bloodbath for English sport lately. In March, its rugby team lost out to Ireland in the Six Nations on mere point differential. Just recently the team went down to New Zealand for an Antipodean Winter tour and lost all three tests to the All Blacks. Its cricket team surrendered the Ashes back […]

After the thrilling finish between Chile and Brazil earlier in the day, it felt as if our collective hearts had just returned to their normal rates when it was time for the second game of the day to begin. Yesterday, the match between Colombia and Uruguay seemed to be for a rather dubious honor: That […]

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Colombia and Uruguay battle in the second match of the Round of 16 games in the World Cup. The winner will play the winner of Brazil against Chile in the next round. Where to watch – For viewers keen to catch this game from USA, this is where they can tune in. • English language: ABC […]

Colombia showed their brilliance against Uruguay yet again Saturday afternoon when James Rodriguez scored his second goal of the match to put Colombia 2-0 in the lead, and one step away from a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. While Rodriguez will go down in the score sheet, it was Juan Cuadrado who […]

Brazil may be through but Luis Felipe Scolari will be extremely worried about his team’s form. They came up against a fired-up Chile who could have easily dumped the hosts out of the tournament had Mauricio Pinilla’s effort had been a few inches lower. It was a magnificent effort by Chile but they will look […]

Colombia's James Rodriguez scored one of the goals of the World Cup so far with a brilliant piece of individual magic to put Los Cafeteros 1-0 in the lead against Uruguay. Rodriguez, who wears the number 10 shirt for Colombia and plays his club football for AS Monaco, chested the ball and then hit the […]

Brazil defeated Chile on penalty kicks to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. After a tense 1-1 game and 30 minutes of scoreless extra time in Belo Horizonte, the World Cup match went to penalty kicks to decide the winner between Brazil and Chile. In an advertisement from both teams of […]