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Another Way to Look at the “Boring” Semifinal
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What’s In An Argentine Nickname?
Getty ImagesMeet the flea, the rabbit, the noodle, and the beast Nicknames are part of every culture, especially in sports, but the world of Argentine soccer has takes it to new and hilarious extremes....
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Impossible Comparisons: The U.S. Team in 2010 and 2014
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The Party’s Over: A Critic’s Take on Brazil’s Dismal World Cup Legacy
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Eyes Squarely on FIFA Now After Arrest of Ticket Provider
The World Cup is over, and its domination over the news (and our lives) is slowly coming to end. But one World Cup issue continues — a probe into FIFA’s official ticket provider, Match, after the...
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The Party Is Over for Brazil
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesRIO DE JANEIRO – The morning after a big bash can be unpleasant. The joys and excesses of the previous evening fade as soon as the sun comes up, and returning to reality is never...
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Remembering 2014: When the World Cup was defined by the Massacre at the Mineirão
Between now and Dec. 25, SoccerGods.com will be looking back at the people, teams and moments that defined the 2014 soccer world. At the summer’s World Cup in Brazil, that world featured one of the...
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Remembering 2014: The fall of Spain’s empire
Between now and Dec. 25, SoccerGods.com will be looking back at the people, teams and moments that defined the 2014 soccer world. For Spain, the nation that came into the year as world champions on the...
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Brazil 2014’s venue in Salvador is in danger of becoming a white elephant
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How did Germany win the World Cup? Let Paul Breitner explain
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Another Way to Look at the “Boring” Semifinal
So what if the main characters were Javier Mascherano and Ron Vlaar? Netherlands vs. Argentina was made to be appreciated in real time. All right, so Argentina-Holland was no Germany-Brazil. It had...
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What’s In An Argentine Nickname?
Getty ImagesMeet the flea, the rabbit, the noodle, and the beast Nicknames are part of every culture, especially in sports, but the world of Argentine soccer has takes it to new and hilarious extremes....
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Impossible Comparisons: The U.S. Team in 2010 and 2014
Was the 2014 United States team better than the 2010 version? It’s been almost two weeks since the United States men’s national team fell to Belgium and out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. And while the...
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The Party’s Over: A Critic’s Take on Brazil’s Dismal World Cup Legacy
This post is a collaboration between contributor Andalusia Knoll and Fusion editor Jared Goyette About a five minute walk from Rio de Janeiro’s historic Maracanã stadium, the site of today’s Argentina...
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Eyes Squarely on FIFA Now After Arrest of Ticket Provider
The World Cup is over, and its domination over the news (and our lives) is slowly coming to end. But one World Cup issue continues — a probe into FIFA’s official ticket provider, Match, after the...
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The Party Is Over for Brazil
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesRIO DE JANEIRO – The morning after a big bash can be unpleasant. The joys and excesses of the previous evening fade as soon as the sun comes up, and returning to reality is never...
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Remembering 2014: When the World Cup was defined by the Massacre at the Mineirão
Between now and Dec. 25, SoccerGods.com will be looking back at the people, teams and moments that defined the 2014 soccer world. At the summer’s World Cup in Brazil, that world featured one of the...
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Remembering 2014: The fall of Spain’s empire
Between now and Dec. 25, SoccerGods.com will be looking back at the people, teams and moments that defined the 2014 soccer world. For Spain, the nation that came into the year as world champions on the...
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Brazil 2014’s venue in Salvador is in danger of becoming a white elephant
Getty ImagesRemember the pre-World Cup protests in Brazil? Something about excessive spending, wasn’t it? Wasting public funds on FIFA vanity projects, while corruption and poverty were rampant and the...
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How did Germany win the World Cup? Let Paul Breitner explain
Hey there. Recently we hung out with Paul Breitner on a boat. It was fun. And hot. So, while sweating, we asked him a whole bunch of questions about a whole bunch of things. He was pretty compelling,...
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