With over 100 goals scored already in this tournament, the 2014 World Cup has not been an exhibition for great centerback play. With the game quicker, fitter, more athletic and open than it has ever been before, gone are the days where your central defenders can sit ensconced in front of their goalkeeper and worry […]

Switzerland play Honduras in their final group game today at 4pm ET/1pm PT knowing that victory will seal their place in the last 16. On paper, it is one of the easier World Cup games to have as a "must win" match because the Hondurans have had a poor tournament so far. For Honduras, Stoke […]

Of all the teams arriving in Brazil with question marks over them, France began the journey with one of the heaviest loads. The long shadows cast by the events in South Africa meant that Les Bleus couldn't just arrive at the tournament and win games, as most expected them to, having been handed one of […]

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As you may have heard, there’s a World Cup on. And while for most of us that means rallying behind our home nation, there’s no hiding the fact we all love to adopt a second team during the tournament. There are various reasons why we do this. It may be because our home nation didn’t […]

The final whistle blew and you could hear the collective groan the world over, Greece had qualified for the knock out rounds of the World Cup. It was not pretty (it never is when Greece is involved) but it was a performance that is typical of this team when their backs are against the wall, […]

The reigning World Champions Spain ended their meek title defense on a winning note with a 3-0 victory over Australia on Monday.

An average of 7.1 million people watched Univision's broadcast of the World Cup game between Mexico and Croatia on Monday, which is the most-viewed World Cup Group Stage match in the history of Univision Deportes. Several key numbers stand out: • Univision Deportes coverage of Mexico vs. Croatia reached 12.6 million total viewers who tuned into […]

Costa Rica clinched the top spot in Group A following a 0-0 draw with previously eliminated England. This match which was played simultaneously with the Italy-Uruguay match ultimately was overshadowed by the multiple controversies in that game including the biting incident involving Luis Suarez.

A new, better camera angle of the disgusting incident of Luis Suarez biting fellow professional Giorgio Chiellini has been uncovered, which shows more graphic detail regarding how intentional the bite was. According to several different newspapers, Suarez may face a ban of two years that would prevent him from playing. Suarez bit Chiellini during the […]

If you were to ask pundits with some semblance of knowledge about the beautiful game beforehand to predict a winner of the World Cup, it would be unthinkable if they would have tipped anything else but a European or a South American country. Every final of the previous 19 World Cup tournaments has featured countries […]

Last month, if you would have come to me and said that during the World Cup Jermaine Jones was the US MVP after two matches while Michael Bradley was the goat of both games, AND the U.S. stood a good chance of advancing from the group, I would have had you committed. But this is […]

The United States faces possible elimination from the World Cup if they don't get at least a draw against Germany on Thursday. The USA's failure to close out Portugal in stoppage time has left the national team with everything to do against Germany. Assumptions are abound in the United States among some lazy pundits and […]

A spirited Japanese effort to save their World Cup tournament was duly bunted by a high flying Colombian team led by James Rodriguez and Jackson Martinez, as the playmaker's latest brilliance with the Porto man led his side to a 4-1 victory and a 100% record in the group stages. Alberto Zaccheroni's side had the […]

Georgios Samaras scored a late penalty in stoppage time to send Greece through to the Round of 16, while Ivory Coast will feel demoralized after being so close to advancing. Controversy surrounded this nerve-wrecking game in Group C as Greece snuck through to the second round of the World Cup finals after facing a more-fancied […]