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Like so many countries in the sports world, Mexican fans have a ritual that is heard in every soccer stadium in Mexico. When an opposing goalkeeper is preparing to kick a soccer ball, fans yell "puto" in unison. The chant was on display during the Mexico vs...

The day began with Germany demolishing Portugal 4-0.  It continued with the tournament's first tie game-- and only scoreless match.  It ended with Team USA exorcising their demons of the last two World Cups, in Ghana. The match began with the fastest World Cup goal in United States history-- and fastest of the 2014 tournament, so far...

After four days of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, we have witnessed and learned quite a few things.  We have learned that while full of talent, Brazil has yet to begin playing like a team.  They were lucky to have scored the victory over Croatia...

We now find ourselves in the final two days of the 2014 World Cup.  On July 12, we have the Third Place match between the hosts Brazil and the surprising Belgium.  On July 13, we close out the tournament with the Championship match pitting Germany and Uruguay...

As the World Cup begins to unwind, we are now in July and entering the final phase of the tournament.  The semifinals will find itself with a five-time champion (Brazil), a three-time champion (Germany), a two-time champion (Uruguay), and Belgium...

As we head into the quarterfinal round of the 2014 World Cup, we find ourselves with seven nations that have won it all and tiny Belgium looking to win their first.  Each selection comes loaded with plenty of weapons, so the difference in each match-up might be the defenses and who might be missing key players due to a red card (accumulation of yellow cards from the group stage is reset at the sta

Now that we broken down and picked how each of the eight groups will turnout to fill out the round of 16, we begin by breaking down each match-up and selecting what eight teams will move on to the quarterfinals of Brazil 2014. Brazil (A1) vs Netherlands (B2)-  While the Netherlands has plenty of firepower, Brazil has just as much scoring power...

Continuing our World Cup Preview, we reach the eighth and final group.  In Group H, we have a country the size of Maryland that is considered the heavy favorite of the group, an Algerian side that gave the United States everything they could handle before the Americans pulled out the victory late, a South Korean selection that hasn't made much noise since making it to the semifinals as co-host in

We have now arrived to the dreaded "Group of Death."  The group that seems impossible to see how any of the teams can possibly survive group play-- even if two teams advance to the next stage.  2014's version has four teams that all advanced to the knockout stage in 2010...

As we continue in our World Cup Preview, we reach a group with two teams that have little to no World Cup experience and a pair of teams that know each other quite well.  In Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran, we see two teams that might just be happy to be here as they have very little history of success in the World Cup-- and none of Bosnia...