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Soccer Bigger Than the NFL for Just One Day
No, soccer isn’t bigger than the NFL and probably will never be, not in the United States. But the World Cup opening win over Ghana set quite a few records in terms of viewership and ratings, including getting a higher viewing share in New York City compared to last season’s average for both the New York Giants and the New York Jets.
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Belgium vs Algeria – Parking the Bus Has Arrived at the World Cup
Up until now, the term of Parking the Bus didn’t infiltrate the World Cup. But after Iran made their debut, Algeria perfected the system and almost got away with it against Belgium. Luckily for those who care about justice within the confines of 90 minutes, they eventually lost.
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2014 World Cup – Day 7 Predictions (Spain vs Chile, Australia vs Netherlands, Cameroon vs Croatia)
With day 7 we will complete the first week of the 2014 World Cup. Cameroon and Croatia will play the final match of the day to close the action in Group A while in Group B, Spain will try to rebound from their opening loss against Chile and the Netherlands will hope to carry on that momentum into their match against Australia.
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2014 World Cup – Day 6 Results & Table
Day 6 of the 2014 World Cup completed the first round of matches in the group stage as Group H came into play while Group A became the first o have its teams play two matches. The main fixture, Brazil vs Mexico, ended in a 0-0 draw, while Belgium have the early advantage in their […]
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Match Highlights – Brazil vs Mexico
No goals in a World Cup match for the second time in this tournament, as the two leaders of Group A, Brazil and Mexico, couldn’t find the net thanks to a wonderful performance from both Julio Cesar and the man of the match, Guillermo Ochoa, making quite a few incredible saves from point blank during the match.
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2014 World Cup: Thomas Muller Can Become the Top All-Time Scorer
Miroslav Klose who? At this rate, Thomas Muller will be the one surpassing Ronaldo to become the top scorer in the history of the World Cup, as his hat trick in the 4-0 win for Germany over Portugal seems to be just the beginning for the young Bayern Munich forward.
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2014 World Cup – Cristiano Ronaldo Making Us Hate Him Even More
It’s not easy being Cristiano Ronaldo. The money, the talent, the fame, the woman. Wait, that doesn’t sounds that bad, does it? A problem for him, at least when he plays for Portugal, is that his sheer awesomeness and loads of ego and self love aren’t enough to help out a team that has the tactical ingenuity of bottom feeders in the Premier League and not one of the best teams in Europe.
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Iran vs Nigeria – Worst Match of the World Cup so far
It should really be a waste of words written to try and dive deeper into the match between Nigeria and Iran. Somethings are better left untouched, but when such a fantastic World Cup with plenty of goals and attacking football in every match suddenly gives us a dud without a single goal and hardly a memorable chance, we have to dwell on it a little longer.
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2014 World Cup – Day 6 Predictions (Brazil vs Mexico, Belgium vs Algeria, Russia vs South Korea)
Day 6 of the World Cup is when we complete the first round of group stage matches and head back to the beginning as Brazil play their second match, this time against Mexico. We also get to see Group H in action with Belgium taking on Algeria and Russia facing South Korea.
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Match Highlights – Ghana vs United States
The USA are off to a great start, something they’re not used to in World Cups, beating Ghana 2-1 thanks to goals from Clint Dempsey and the winner by John Brooks, giving them a great advantage heading into their next to matches in Group G against the stronger European sides. Ghana might have been the better team for most of the match, but that one goal from Andre Ayew wasn’t enough.