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World Cup Day 19: Paraguay-Japan Preview

This is the battle of the the lesser known teams in the Round of 16. It will feature two teams that prefer to counter attack so it will be interesting to see which teams looks to take control of the

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World Cup Day 18: Brazil-Chile Preview

Brazil start their work in the knockout round against a familiar opponent in Chile. The Brazilians have not been free flowing as usual this tournament, but they do appear to be a tough team to defeat. Chile lost their last

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World Cup Day 18: Netherlands-Slovakia Preview

Netherlands are one of the tournament favorites and they get their knockout round started against Slovakia, who advanced after being bottom of Group F heading into the final day. Both sides have exciting attacking midfielders where Marek Hamsik will square

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World Cup Day 17: Things We Learned

The second day of the knockout round saw the match-up of some teams with good footballing pedigrees. However, both games ended in fairly big blowouts. Germany defeated England 4-1 behind a brace from Thomas Muller. In the second game, Argentina

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A Look Back At The US World Cup Run

It was a disappointing end to the United States’ run in the World Cup, but as a whole it was a good but not great run by the United States. They were entertaining and their games were filled with drama,

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World Cup Day 16: Things We Learned

The knockout round got started today with Uruguay and Ghana advancing with 2-1 victories as South Korea and the United States bowed out of the competition. Here are my brief observations from the two games today.

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Ghana 2, United States 1: Recap and Player Ratings

Sadly the run is over. United States fell in extra time 2-1 to Ghana. They dug themselves a hole early going behind 1-0 in the 5th minute on a Kevin-Prince Boateng goal. Boateng was gifted the ball after Ricardo Clark

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World Cup Day 17: Argentina-Mexico Preview

This is a rematch from the Round of 16 in 2006 where Argentina defeated Mexico 2-1 in extra time after an incredible goal by Maxi Rodriguez. If you haven’t seen it or forgotten the goal, here it is. However, the

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World Cup Day 17: Germany-England Preview

This is the probably one of the biggest matches in the Round of 16 as two of the biggest footballing nations square off. Germany started the tournament on fire against Australia, but a loss to Serbia made advancing out of

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World Cup: United States-Ghana Live Commentary

I’ll be providing commentary again for the United States game as they face Ghana in the Round of 16. I’ll should be starting about an hour from game time so feel free to stop by and leave a comment before

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