With Germany and Ghana’s 2-2 draw yesterday, today's game between USA and Portugal gives both teams a great chance to position themselves to advance out of Group G. However, injuries and suspensions mean both will see different line-ups than the ones they ran out last week. For the United States, the big question is who […]

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has been one of the most entertaining World Cup tournaments in recent memory. With so many goals and upsets, every match has been interesting, but the commercials before the matches, at half time and post match have been entertaining too. Many of the larger ad campaigns have been showing […]

Monday afternoon at Noon ET/9am PT and Tuesday morning at 2am (AEST), the Soccerroos, ranked third in their group, will face off against last-placed Spain in what will be both teams' final match at the 2014 World Cup after being knocked out by The Netherlands and Chile. The match will be played at the Arena […]

AS Roma and Inter Milan are set to face off on Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the International Champions Cup on August 2nd. This match will be team’s last in their Champions Cup tournament, each having played two games before the winners of Group A and Group B will face off for the […]

The great conundrum of New York City is that it provides one with an impossible amount of options for watching almost any sporting event including the World Cup. The wide variety of options makes the decision all the more difficult but luckily there are no real bad choices here. Any place with a TV and […]

Within the Arena Amazonia in the city of Manaus, the United States Men’s National team face off against Portugal with two very different goals in mind. A win, and the United States ensure their entrance to the round of 16 but eliminate Portugal. On the other hand, if Portugal were to gain three valuable points, […]

Memphis, Tennessee is not renowned for being a hot bed of soccer. However, in the last few years, that lack of support has begun to disappear and is being replaced with a large, boisterous, and knowledgeable group of soccer supporters. Similar to support for soccer in most of the country, this growth has been spurred […]

Two weeks ago Real Madrid unveiled their new home and away kits and the word of the day was: PINK! The custom in most kit reviews would be to discuss the home kit first. However there’s an elephant in the room and it’s the European champions’ all-pink away kit. The shirt is an eye-catching pink […]

Today, Belgium will face Russia in the Maracanã in what is likely to be a pivotal encounter. Victory in the day’s early kickoff (Noon Eastern time/1pm local time) would see either side take control of a wide-open Group H. Both teams last played on Tuesday, Belgium were unconvincing in their defeat of Algeria while Russia […]

As I wrote my recent article on five reasons Italy should be afraid of Costa Rica, even I had a hard time not considering the Azzurri the heavy favorites in the match. They had turned back an England side that looked better than recent Three Lions teams and showed few of the weaknesses that had […]

In 2010, France was the laughing stock of the World Cup. With a dismal performance, Nicolas Anelka being sent home, the team opposing the coach, and then the so-called “strike”, France was doomed. But if anyone knows French national team football, France seems to go through cycles. In 1998 and 2006, France played exceptionally well. […]

In the first half of Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina tonight, Edin Dzeko ran onto a terrific through-ball and beat Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama with a precise finishing shot. The offside flag went up late and the goal was disallowed. Replays clearly show Dzeko was not offside. It is another unfortunate high-profile officiating error that […]

No matter what language you speak, you have to listen to the following commentary on Argentina radio from Saturday's match after Leo Messi scored the wondergoal in the 91st minute to help Argentina defeat Iran 1-0. The commentator starts out with the typical "GOLLLLLL" call but then transcends into a passionate rant, comparing Messi to […]

Portugal's injury woes continue to intensify as a make or break match with the United States approaches tomorrow. Bruno Alves, a defender suffered a muscle injury in training Saturday and has joined a length list of injured Portuguese players and is unlikely to feature in tomorrow's clash according to multiple media reports. With Pepe’s suspension […]

Although Mexico faced South Africa in 2010, facing Brazil in the 2014 World Cup was going to be an experience like none other. With the previous Olympic defeat in their minds, the Scratch du Oro were eager to show the world that such defeat was only a slip in their winning history. With a stadium […]