Belgium coach Marc Wilmots sounded bitter after his team’s 1-0 defeat to Argentina in the World Cup quarterfinal on Saturday. The Red Devils conceded an early goal to GonzaloHiguain and were unable to respond, despite numerous chances to add to the scoreline for both sides. After the game, Wilmots described Argentina as an “ordinary team” […]
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Dutch and Argentines well-balanced; For Germany, the Brazilian cauldron awaits
By Paul Gardner RIO DE JANEIRO — Down to the final four, and things seem to have arranged themselves pretty much as expected. The cream of South America– Brazil and Argentina — against the best of Europe, Germany and the Netherlands. Not really. Truth is that neither Brazil nor Argentina has looked like the cream […]
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For now, Yedlin is a Sounder, Besler weighs his options
[USA MEN] Of the 10 MLS players on the 2014 U.S. World Cup team, the two players whose stock rose considerably are Seattle Sounders right back DeAndre Yedlin and Sporting Kansas City center back Matt Besler. Because of his young age — he turns 21 in Wednesday — andattacking tools he showed in Brazil, Yedlin […]
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Faves, Likes & Memes: Van Persie's field-side family time
[SOCIAL MEDIA ROUNDUP] Robin Van Persie‘s family time with his children after Netherlands passage into the quarterfinals, a tasteless displayby Argentina fans, and Germany’s Lukas Podolski joking around are among the images during a World Cup rest day. Van Persie, who started the World Cup with an amazingdiver header against Spain, relaxes after semifinal passage is […]
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Brazilian press officer suspended
[WORLD CUP: Off the Post] FIFA has handed Brazilian national team press officer Rodrigo Paiva a three-game ban, putting him out of the World Cup,for clashing with Chile player Mauricio Pinilla at halftime of the Brazil-Chile round of 16 game that Brazil won in a shootout. Pinilla said he was hit by Paiva, who wasalso […]
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Los Cafeteros receive heroes' welcome
[VIDEO PICK: World Cup] Colombia returned home after its most successful World Cup in history — a run to the quarterfinals, which ended with a 2-1 loss to hostBrazil. Fans gathered in the streets of Bogota to give their team a grand welcome home celebration, applauding and cheering as the Colombian team bus slowly moved […]
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What They're Saying: Joachim Loew
“There’s precious little left of that traditional Brazilian style of soccer, that artistic style of playing that we all know so well. For sure, Brazil still have good technical players. But they’replaying more robustly than any other team here and they have been trying to break up their opponent’s attack that way.” — Germany coach […]
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Neymar: 'My dream is not over yet'
[BRAZIL 2014] A day after suffering a broken vertebra that has ruled him out of the rest of the World Cup, Neymar said hewas confident Brazil will win the World Cup and he’ll be there celebrating with his teammates. The Brazilian soccer federation released a video in which Neymar said he hoped to be back […]
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Faves, Likes & Memes: Tim Howard still saving
[SOCIAL MEDIA ROUNDUP] The USA’s World Cup ended four days ago, but Tim Howard is still making saves in meme land. Also featured in our selectionfrom the Fourth of July, a Lionel Messi sighting thrills the little mascots before Argentina’s win over Belgium and Jurgen Klinsmann‘s Independence Day greeting. Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella looked like […]
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Ticos leave with their heads held high — and without a defeat
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax)