Neymar broke down in tears on Thursday when talking about the injury that ruled him out the World Cup, saying that if the knee to his back from Colombia’s Juan Zuniga had beenslightly more to one side he “could be a in a wheelchair” now. “It’s difficult to talk about a move that (happened) in […]
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Why Germany Excels and the USA Toils in Soccer
Time claims there is a pretty good reason why Germany has made it to seven World Cup finals in 18 total appearances, failing to make the quarterfinals only once. Compare that to the USA,which has zero titles and zero World Cup final appearances, having only reached one World Cup semifinal (the first one, in 1930). […]
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Tim Howard's advice for keepers, parents and coaches
In light of Tim Howard‘s extraordinary performance at the 2014 World Cup, where he set a World Cup record with 16 saves in the round of 16 overtime loss to Belgium and set therecord for most U.S. national team appearances for a goalkeeper at 104, the Youth Soccer Insider republishes this 2012 interview. The 35-year-old […]
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Is that Messi breakdancing?
[SOCIAL MEDIA ROUNDUP] Lionel Messi looks like he did some breakdancing during the semifinal and defender Martin Demichelisprovided a peek into the Argentine locker room. And we’re not yet done with memes from the Germany rout over Brazil. Germany knocked Argentina out of the last two World Cups at thequarterfinal stage. After the Argentines earned […]
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What They're Saying: Gaza resident Mohammed al-Aqad
“There was a power cut in Khan Yunis, so a lot of people came here where there’s a generator and a screen.” — Mohammed al-Aqad, who was at the FunTime Beach cafe in the southern Gaza Strip, where residents gathered to watch the Argentina-Netherlands semifinal in the early hours of Thursday, when an Israeli missile struck, […]
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Eavesdropping on Mascherano pep talk
[VIDEO PICK: World Cup] Just before the penalty shootout, Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano gave a pep talk to his goalkeeper SergioRomero. In the footage, we can clearly see that Mascherano is saying, “Hoy te convertirás a heroé,” which translates to “today you’ll make yourself ahero.” Perhaps this motivational speech is just what Romero needed, because […]
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Germany's rout in 30 seconds
[VIDEO PICK: Animation] Richard Swarbrick’s latest artwork recreates Germany’s seven goals against Brazil in rapid fire. One afterthe other, we see an artistic depiction of the goals by Thomas Mueller, Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos (2 goals), Sami Khedira and Andre Schuerrle (2)that finishes with the commentator exclaiming, “absolute humiliation.”
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Messi's big moment arrives with question marks
[BRAZIL 2014] Lionel Messi will never rise to the level of popularity where Diego Maradona sits among Argentines, but at least he might escape from the shadow of El Pelusa if Argentina beats Germany in Sunday’s World Cup final. Messi does notneed to score — after all, Maradona did not score when Argentina beat Germany, […]
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Germany on top of the world as Brazil searches for a way back
By Paul Gardner RIO DE JANEIRO — Superlatives are definitely called for to describe Germany’s blitzing of Brazil. No one expected anything like that.Who would, when nothing like it, even remotely comparable, has ever happened before. The host team of a World Cup being utterly humiliated, letting in seven goals right there, in front of […]
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South Korea Coach Hong Resigns
South Korea coach and former LA Galaxy defender Hong Myung-bo announced his resignation on Thursday, and shouldered the blame for his team’s early exit from the World Cup in Brazil. TheKoreans finished last in Group H with one point from three games. The announcement came just a week after Huh Jung-moo, vice president of the […]