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Germany took home gold at the 2014 FIFA World Cup after defeating Argentina in the final match, but the team's semifinal massacre over host country Brazil has left its mark in many ways. For instance, Brazil head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is now out of a job after the embarrassing semifinal loss and eventually taking fourth place after Belgium beat them three to zero. Read More »
World Cup fans this week witnessed the end of an era in a way when the tournament's host country, Brazil, was knocked out in an embarrassing 7 to 1 loss to Germany. For many reasons David Luiz and the rest of the players on the pitch were a part of history this week, and one record was broken on the Twitter front. According to reports, the Germany win over Brazil was the most-discussed sporting event on Twitter in the history of sports. Read More »
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After his tremendous, record-breaking performance during the USA's loss to Belgium in the 2014 World Cup knockout round of 16, goalkeeper Tim Howard became a national hero. He also became one of the funniest meme's of the summer. Someone even made him Secretary of Defense by changing the Wikipedia page. The real Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, called Howard this week to congratulate him on his "new job!" Read More »
Though the United States are out of the 2014 World Cup tournament after suffering a defeat at the hands of Belgium, goalkeeper Tim Howard has entered the FIFA record books for stopping 16 shots during the match - the most saves since 1966. Accordingly, the Secretary of Defense Wikipedia page was edited momentarily with Howard holding the office! Read More »
Waffle House, has declared that the are the best waffle in the world and is supporting the United States men's soccer team ahead of the Belgium team. Read More »
Though today's 2014 World Cup round of 16 knockout match between USA and Belgium has us all on the edge of our seats, a video message from a special group of fans to the USMNT is sure to boost some morale before kickoff. Sent over the weekend, 232 young cancer patients from Camp Sunshine made a video that was sent to the team in which the kids chant the now-iconic "I Believe That We Will Win" chant. Read More »
Lionel Messi has the weight of his country on his shoulders today. After making it into the knockout round of the 2014 World Cup games in Brazil, his Argentina team faces off against the impressive Switzerland squad in what's sure to go down as an historical round of 16 match. Read More »
The USA defied the odds by making out of the group stages into the round of 16, but the team isn't about to settle for this minor success. They hope to impress the world once again by knocking out Belgium - the team that made some World Cup hopefuls like Russia and South Korea look like amateurs. We have Clint Dempsey up against Eden Hazard in the knockout round, so expect the sparks to fly! Read More »
The opening match of the 2014 World Cup's knockout stage was certainly as exciting as they come. This was a match with the most amount of fouls committed, with the stakes so high for each side. Neither Brazil nor Chile side could assure a victory in the 90 minutes of regular play with some stoppage time added on, so Brazil and Chile went into 30 minutes of overtime - and then penalty kicks. Read More »
Luis Suarez is out of Uruguay's World Cup matches after a biting incident at the end of the group stages. Now in the knockout stage of the FIFA games, will the loss of their goal-scorer be too much of an obstacle for Uruguay? How will Colombia take advantage of this weakness? Read More »
Earlier this week, Uruguay's star player Luis Suarez packed his bags and left Brazil after being banned from international football play by FIFA. After the organization deducted from video evidence that he absolutely bit another player during a recent match, the ruling came swift and hard. Now the goal-scorer has finally had some time to address the issue and you can probably guess what he has to say about it. Read More »