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United States 1, Algeria 0: Recap and Player Ratings

This was an incredible game. I won’t go into it that much in terms of a recap as the story of the game is posted all over the place and I have my live commentary as well. The game marks

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World Cup: Day 14 Preview

Here we are heading into the third day of simultaneous games as Groups E and F will be completed. Group E has Netherlands on top, but an intriguing game between Denmark and Japan will determine the second team to advance

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United States-Algeria Commentary

The final day of Group C is here. I will be giving live commentary of the United States game, but will also be paying attention to the Slovenia-England match as well. So feel free to leave a comment. United States-Algeria

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World Cup Day 12: Group B Recap and Best XI

Group B had an exciting finish. Nigeria and South Korea battled to a 2-2 draw and at the end Nigeria needed only one goal to advance and failed to advance after missing some easy chances. In the other game, Greece

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World Cup Day 12: Group A Recap and Best XI

These posts are a bit late as the servers were down for quite a while yesterday. But they appear to be back up. Group A finished up today and it had a moment of intrigue as South Africa put pressure

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World Cup: United States-Algeria Preview

The big day is almost here. The United States have two hard fought ties, but now they need to get a win. Although they can advance with a tie, they should certainly not approach the game with that being an

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World Cup: Day 13 Preview

These are two intriguing groups for the second day of simultaneous games. Group C features the United States and England who both need a win in order to advance. In Group D, Germany, Serbia, Ghana, and Australia will battle it

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World Cup Day 11: Things We Learned

The final day of the second round of games saw three shutouts. The first was a mauling by Portugal as they defeated North Korea 7-0 with a six goal second half. In the second game, Chile broke down Switzerland’s defense

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World Cup: Day 12 Preview

The next four days should be exciting as we enter the third and final group stage games where the games will be played simultaneously. The first day will decided the fates of Group A and Group B. Here is a

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World Cup Day 10: Things We Learned

Today included another shocking result as New Zealand earned a 1-1 draw with the defending champions Italy, which leaves Group F nicely poised for the final match day. In the other match from that group, Paraguay defeated Slovakia 2-0 to

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