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Here's The World Cup Nightmare Scenario That Could Doom The US
The World Cup draw — where the 32 qualified nations will be drawn into eight groups — takes place Friday in Brazil.It could be a rough day for the U.S. men's national team.The groups are made by...
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This Six-Second Vine Shows How The World Cup Ball Has Become More And More...
Adidas released the ball for the 2014 World Cup yesterday.They're calling it the Brazuca. It has an orange, green, and blue pattern that swirls around the entire ball.This Vine from Adidas shows how...
View ArticleLuis Suarez Scores Preposterous Goal On A Volley From 40 Yards Away
Liverpool's Luis Suarez scored a hat trick in the first 35 minutes of today's game against Norwich. He ended up with four goals in the the match.His first goal was a knuckling volley from 40 yards out....
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CHART: The United States Will Be A Huge Underdog In The 2014 World Cup
The United States men's soccer team is 100/1 to win the 2014 World Cup according to the sportsbook Bovada.lv. Those odds put the United States in the middle of the 32-team tournament, tied for 15th...
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Here Are All The Groups For The 2014 World Cup
The 2014 World Cup Draw just ended in Brazil.The eight groups for the World Cup are now set.We thought U.S. would likely face a difficult road, and we weren't wrong.They drew Germany, Portugal, and...
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NATE SILVER: The US Actually Has A Decent Chance In The Group Of Death
The U.S. got a ridiculously tough World Cup draw.They're with Ghana, Germany, and Portugal.It's probably the most difficult group in the entire tournament. Germany is one of the best teams in the...
View ArticleThe Head Of English Football Had A Brutally Honest Reaction To England's...
The World Cup draw was not kind to English-speaking countries this year.The United States, Australia, and England all got incredibly difficult draws.When England got placed with Uruguay, Italy, and...
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The World Cup Groups Are Laughably Uneven, And It's Proof That FIFA's System...
The draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil produced eight groups that vary wildly in difficulty.This is a problem.FIFA owes it to the soccer world to use a draw system that both rewards performance in...
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CHART: The US Is In The Second Toughest World Cup Group
No matter how you look at it, the United State got an incredibly difficult draw for next year's World Cup in Brazil. But if we consider ESPN's Soccer Power Index ranking for each team, only one group...
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Here's The Case For The US Surviving 'The Group Of Death' At The World Cup
The United States men's national team got drawn into a brutal World Cup group with Germany, Ghana, and Portugal on Friday.The initial reaction from the American soccer community was a simple, "Oh...
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Brazilian Soccer Game Devolves Into Wild Stadium-Wide Brawl [VIDEOS]
A Brazilian soccer match between Vasco da Gama and Atlético Paranaense ended early as fans took over the entire stadium in a brawl.The Big Lead has more:Riot police broke up the fighting shortly after...
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Here's The Champions League Round Of 16 Draw
The draw for the Champions League Round of 16 is out, and the top two teams in England face stiff tests.Manchester City will play Barcelona in the first round of the knockout phase. Arsenal will play...
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Mario Balotelli Covered His Shoes With His Own Newspaper Headlines To Hide...
Three shoe companies are battling to sign soccer star Mario Balotelli to a new shoe contract. In the meantime, Balotelli has gotten creative while hiding the logos on his cleats in recent games.After...
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Brazil's Under-17 Soccer Team Literally Gives Up Against The US
A bizarre scene unfolded at the Nike International Friendlies in Florida earlier this week where Brazil's under-17 team refused to keep playing during a 4-1 loss to the United States.After Brazil...
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Ridiculous Bending Goal Completely Confuses Goalie
A violently curving shot from Malaga striker Eliseu sent an Osasuna goalie stumbling all over the place today in the Spanish Copa del Rey.Timothy Burke of Deadspin made this great GIF of it.The ball...
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Ronaldinho Scores A Gorgeous Free Kick Goal In The Club World Cup
Ronaldinho is long past his prime, but he can still work magic on free kicks.The Atletico Mineiro striker curved in an absolute mind-bender today against Raja Casablanca in the Club World Cup.It seems...
View ArticleScary Video Shows Stand Filled With Fans Collapsing At A Soccer Game In India
In a terrifying scene at an Indian soccer game, a stand filled with fans collapsed injuring more than 100 people, six seriously, according to The Telegraph.The stand collapsed before a game between...
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The 5 Best Sports Books I Read This Year
It's a cliché to say the best sports books aren't really about sports. It also implies that sports are inherently meaningless — that "good" sports books use games and teams and players as an elaborate...
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Manchester City Defender Scores An Own Goal On A One-In-A-Million Deflection
Manchester City continued their red-hot form with a 4-2 win over Fulham yesterday, but it wasn't without one embarrassing gaffe from captain Vincent Kompany.The Belgian defender scored one of the most...
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This Map Shows Which Countries Call It 'Football' And Which Call It 'Soccer'
Redditor reddripper put together this excellent map of what "the beautiful game" is called around the world.It's based on language etymologies. All the pink countries call it "football," or some...
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