Top 5 Thrilling Finishes In 2014 World Cup So Far
Let's take a look at the top five thrilling finishes so far in the 2014 World Cup after 10 days.
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Let's take a look at the top five thrilling finishes so far in the 2014 World Cup after 10 days.
John Brooks is a 21-year-old American player who is currently playing for German club team Hertha BSC and for the United States Men's National Team.
You win some and you lose some, but these losses hurt and they hurt bad. And let's be honest, Sunday's match against Portugal felt like a defeat ...
DaMarcus Beasley is an American soccer player that plays as a left midfielder for Mexican club team Puebla, but plays as a left defender for the United States Men's National Team.
Wondolowski was born in Danville and plays Major League Soccer for San Jose's earthquakes, but traces his family roots to the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma through his mother's side. He even formally joined the tribe as at age 12 under the name "Bau Daigh," meaning "warrior coming over the hill." On Sunday, his fellow Kiowa were watching from a gathering at their headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma as team USA took on Portugal.
The World Cup is still in motion and a lot of crazy things are happening in Brazil. Here are five things that you may have missed during the World Cup this past week.
Despite a crushing last-second goal that prevented the United States Men's National Soccer Team from clinching a birth in the single-elimination rounds of the tournament, the squad is still sitting pretty heading into the final game of pool play against Germany Thursday.
Varela headed in an equalizer in injury time to salvage a 2-2 draw for Portugal against the United States at the World Cup on Sunday and deny the Americans a spot in the second round.
With the U.S. and Portugal set to square off on Sunday at 6pm ET, the stakes couldn't be higher. Group G has been called the group of death by many because and it's starting to live up to it's nickname.
An American soccer referee is drawing accolades for his performances in the white-hot spotlight glare of the World Cup in Brazil and is inserting himself among the list of better-known referees for casual World Cup fans.
Get to know more about United States men's national soccer team midfielder Kyle Beckerman.
Get to know more about United States men's national soccer team forward Jozy Altidore.
Get to know more about United States men's national soccer team defender Omar Gonzalez.
Dutch offensive forward Robin van Persie can now add "Internet phenomenon" to his resume. The forward scored on an impressive header on June 13th against Spain with a beautiful dive, prompting a wave of memes showing van Persie in various stages of flight. (RadioAlice.com)
Bay Area soccer fans were thrilled to see Danville-born Chris Wondolowski crack the team USA roster for World Cup 2014 in Brazil, but the San Jose Earthquakes star is perhaps even more popular in the Lawton, Oklahoma area – home of Kiowa Nation.
With the World Cup hijacking TVs, live streams and conversations pretty much everywhere, how do you distinguish yourself from the masses of people who 'kind of' know all about it and align yourself with the cream of the World Cup aficionados?
Lots of news coming out of Brazil as the 2014 World Cup got underway. Here are 5 things you missed for week 2.
To become one of two teams to advance from World Cup 2014's "Group of Death" the United States squad is going to need a little luck, and they may have just received it in the form of a 4-0 drubbing by Germany of the number four ranked team in the world.
The U.S. coach caused a stir in the lead-up to soccer's championship when he said that "I think for us now, talking about winning a World Cup is just not realistic."
Colombia started its first World Cup campaign in 16 years in dazzling fashion, beating Greece 3-0 to open Group C on Saturday in front of a big, loud pro-Colombian crowd.
Star striker Alexis Sanchez scored one goal and set up another to lead Chile to a 3-1 win over Australia in stifling conditions in Cuiaba on Friday.
Americans love their sports, just not soccer. With the start of the 2014 World Cup, here are 5 ways to make Americans care.
If you are one of the suckers that can't watch World Cup 2014 with friends you have two options: Get a job at CBS and they give you a TV at your desk OR you can just stream the games online via a couple of major broadcasters, ESPN and Univision.
One of the newer aspects of international soccer on display at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be the use by referees of vanishing spray to mark areas on the field.
There's noting worse than settling in for the big game only to find out that the guy camping out next to you at the bar is a loudmouth fan of the opposing team. So where do you go in the Bay Area if you want to be surrounded by like minded hooligans puffing their vuvuzelas at appropriate times? Were on a hunt to find all of the best viewing locations by country. This is our first crack at it, so if you have a great watching spot for Ivory Coast fans or know the go-to place for Ghana fans, help us out with a comment below.
