Tag: soccer
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Congratulations to the Spanish. It’s nice to see the Cup go to people who know how to celebrate the right way.
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There can be only one.
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Today at 2pm ET: Playing for #3
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ESPN’s Chris Fowler said it best: On Wednesday night in South Africa, Spain won a trip to their first World Cup final on the strength of a goal scored by the bass player from a 1980’s metal band.
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Diego Perez of Uruguay tackles Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands during the World Cup semifinal match on Tuesday between Uruguay and Holland in Cape Town. The Dutch won 3-2 to secure a date in the finals against the winner of today’s Spain v. Germany match, where they’ll try to win their first-ever World Cup. (Photo…
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And then there were four: Netherlands v. Uruguay on Tuesday and Germany v. Spain on Wednesday will give us our final two. (Photo Credit: Juan Mabromata/Getty Images)
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Today in World Cuppage: The Iberian Showdown (2:30pm et)
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That pretty much sums it up. They had their chances, but in the end, Ghana does the job and ends the United States’ World Cup hopes. Congrats to the team for making it to the Round of 16. We’ll hope 2014 is the year we finally crack the quarterfinals. It’s a small consolation for many…
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WORLD CUPPING: For those who’ve lost track (like me), these are the teams that will definitely be joining Mr. Donovan in the round of 16: • Ghana (the U.S. opponent on Saturday) • Uruguay • Korea • Holland • Slovakia • Argentina • Mexico • England • Germany • Japan • Paraguay And today…
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http://www.bild.de/BILD/System/video/embedplayer Apologies to the real thing, but Lego Soccer (or Lego Fussball) is almost as awesome as the genuine article. [Thanks to Don for the link.] (Source: http://www.bild.de/)
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An “ambush marketing” effort by Bavaria Beer at the World Cup may land these orange-dress wearing ladies in jail. Seriously. Overcooking fish. Jail.Undercooking chicken. Also jail.
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ESPN’s World Cup ratings up 75-80% from 2006 It’s still early and our attention spans can be short…but almost 13 million did tune in for the U.S. / England match (granted it was in a prime spot on a Saturday, but still), the highest rating ever for a men’s national team match. [via]
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