The knockout round of the World Cup starts today, which means two things: (1) If you're recording the games, be sure to add time for extra time and penalty kicks, and (2) prepare yourself for some nailbiting games. With so much riding on the line, it's possible that the next eight games will be more […]

Uruguay kicks off its Round of 16 match against Colombia at 4pm ET/1pm PT today, with Uruguay missing its leading goalscorer and most famous footballer Luis Suarez after he was banned for the next nine international games and from all of soccer for the next four months due to biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini on the […]

Chile rocked Brazil with a goal in the 32nd minute by Alexis Sanchez to make the game 1-1. Chile capitalized on a poor mistake by Brazil when Hulk made a weak pass to Marcelo from a throw-in, which was picked up by Chile and into the path of Alexis Sanchez, who side footed the shot […]

Brazilian defender David Luiz scored his first international goal of his career, when he scored against Chile in the 18th minute of the Round of 16 World Cup game. Luiz scored the goal after the ball floated in to the far post. Luiz was "johnny on the spot" for Brazil as he reacted quickly to […]

Univision has announced their commentator assignments for the World Cup Round of 16 games from June 28 through July 1. Here they are: Saturday, June 28 Round of 16 — Brazil vs Chile, Noon ET, Univision, Univision Deportes Network & Univision’s Futbol website; Luis Omar Tapia, José Luis López Salido, Félix “El Gato” Fernández Round of 16 — […]

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf ran a cartoon on the front cover of its newspaper today with Netherlands manager Louis Van Gaal wearing a sombrero that says "MexiGo Home," as well as wearing a poncho and toting two guns. The rest of the cartoon features Dutch stars such as Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben running […]

It's been a captivating group stage at this year's World Cup, with a Best XI of the first 48 matches required. While some names on this team were expected, others of course have been pleasant surprises to what has been an enthralling competition so far. Here's my best eleven: Goalkeeper Keylor Navas (Costa Rica): While […]

After a disastrous David Moyes nine months-reign, most Manchester United fans welcomed the pre-World Cup news that the new manager in the Old Trafford hot seat would be the experienced and title-winning Dutch coach Louis van Gaal. Based on the results of Holland’s first three matches, all of those fans will still be wearing a […]

The group stage of World Cup 2014 has finished and it has brought more goals than any of the previous ones at the same stage. With the first rest day over, its time to reflect on who has been most standout performer from each continent. Europe It is difficult to look beyond the indefatigable […]

Caught your breath yet? It’s been quite a whirlwind since the World Cup started with goals aplenty and no small amount of talking points. The World Champions, Spain, has been dumped out unceremoniously, the tournament’s scoring spree started with an own-goal by Brazil. One hundred and thirty six goals thus far have been scored at […]

Hosts Brazil and fellow South Americans Chile will be kicking off the knock-out stage of the 2014 World Cup in Belo Horizonte with the Selecao being the favorites to qualify to the quarter-finals. However, La Roja will prove to be a tough opponent to beat as Head Coach Jorge Sampaoli promised to set his team […]

We’re just a few weeks into World Cup, and the games have again taken their place as the most important sporting event on the planet next to the Summer Olympics. This year, World Cup fever also spread across social media channels and made the leap from television to computer screens and even mobile applications. One […]

Food and football – just sounds right, doesn’t it? Having great food when you’re watching the match is an age-old tradition, formed in stadiums, pubs and living rooms across the world. Sometimes, victory is so close you can almost taste it. But what if there’s more to it than that – what if our taste […]

In the first of the Round of 16 World Cup matches, hosts Brazil meet their exciting South American counterparts Chile in Belo Horizonte. Chile, labeled as potential dark horses prior to the tournament, have done little to dispel that notion with Jorge Sampaoli's side coming through Group B with two victories over both Australia and […]

BUENOS AIRES — Uruguayan radio personality Sergio Gorzy went off on Colombia and its soccer team after Uruguay lost 4-0 to Los Cafeteros at Barranquilla in World Cup qualifying play back in 2012. His anger was so extreme that he started talking about how soccer in Colombia was being run by “drug dealers” and how […]