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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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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 Day 13: Group C Recap and Best XI

Group C finished up with an exciting set of games. England defeated Slovenia 1-0 to advance, while the United States defeated Algeria with a late Landon Donovan winner to not only advance but to also win the group. It was

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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 8: Things Learned

Another exciting day at the World Cup is in the books. However, it was also the first time that the refs played big roles in the game. I will have more on the USA draw with Slovenia tomorrow, so I

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World Cup Day 8: Live Matchday Commentary

I’ll be providing live commentary throughout the day for all three games today. The first game will be Serbia and Germany facing off in Group D. After that there will be the United States squaring off against Slovenia. The final

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World Cup: Day 8 Preview

Here we are ready for Day 8. The United States will play their second game against Slovenia which I will have a preview of in a separate post. However, the other two games aren’t bad. The other game in Group

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England 1, United States 1: Thoughts And US Player Ratings

The game finally happened and there were certainly talking points in the game as the United States earned a 1-1 draw in the opening game of its World Cup campaign against England. The United States got off to a bad

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Live Chat: England-United States Game

England-United States Commentary

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World Cup: England-United States Preview

Given my allegiances to the United States, this game deserves the usual preview that I do for all of the US’s games. I will also be having a Live Commentary during the game. The game is certainly built up and

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