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US World Cup scenarios to advance to knockout stage, tiebreaker explanation

The United States would have advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup if they had beaten Portugal Sunday, but a late goal resulted in the teams tying 2-2. Despite the tie, the US still has a good shot of advancing to the round of 16. Here are …

Cristiano Ronaldo’s perfect cross broke Team USA’s hearts (GIF)

The United States were 25 seconds away from advancing to the knockout rounds with an improbable win over Portugal on Sunday. Then Cristiano Ronaldo happened. The US battled back to take a 2-1 lead over Portugal after falling behind 1-0 early. All …

Jermaine Jones scores deep goal against Portugal (GIF)

Jermaine Jones scored the tying goal for the US against Portugal in the second half on Sunday, and it was on a shot that came from well outside the box. The US were just moments removed from a corner kick when Jones stunned the entire Portuguese …

Tim Howard makes amazing save after losing ball (GIF)

The US entered the second half trailing Portugal 1-0 on Sunday, but the deficit would have been larger if not for an outstanding save by Tim Howard in the first. Howard somehow lost track of a shot that was taken from outside the box. Fortunately, …

Cristiano Ronaldo girlfriend is Irina Shayk; stalker is Andressa Urach

With the United States taking on Portugal in a crucial World Cup match on Sunday evening, we wanted to make sure there was no confusion over who is dating the really good looking dude on the Portuguese team. Naturally, we’re talking about …

Jeremy Schaap deals with giant moths at World Cup

ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap was reporting live from the site of Team USA’s upcoming World Cup match against Portugal on Sunday, and the conditions were unlike anything he had ever experienced before. We’re not talking torrential downpours …

Samsung Arabia wishes Landon Donovan, Team USA good luck

Considering Samsung mobile devices are designed to bring you stuff like emails, text messages and news as quickly as possible, I can’t really think of a worse promotion than the one Samsung Mobile Arabia ran on Sunday morning. The official …

Adam Wainwright has American flag painted on face in support of U.S. Men’s National Team

Later on today, the U.S. Men’s National Team will face Portugal in what could be one of the more memorable matches in American soccer history. A win would see the USA advance from the World Cup group stage and make their matchup against Germany …

Thomas Muller bloodied on final play against Ghana

If you want to know what type of match Germany and Ghana played on Saturday afternoon, just look at Thomas Muller’s face. The German forward was bloodied on the final play of the 2-2 draw after taking a shoulder to the head on a free kick. …

Hope Solo arrested after allegedly assaulting sister and nephew

Hope Solo was arrested early Saturday morning after an alleged altercation took place at her home involving her sister and nephew. Solo, who has been accused of hitting her sister and 17-year-old nephew, was booked on two counts of 4th degree …

Lionel Messi scores stoppage time goal to lift Argentina (GIF)

Lionel Messi, one of the best forwards in the World Cup, scored in stoppage time on Saturday to lift Argentina over Iran. Messi’s beautiful goal in the 91st minute secured his nation’s spot in the knockout rounds. Messi put a beautiful …

Police investigating fans who jumped out of wheelchairs to cheer at World Cup

Police are reportedly investigating a group of fans who attended a World Cup game in wheelchairs for possible ticket fraud. According to The Telegraph, several photos shown on CCTV and seen on social media sites appear to show Brazilian fans that …

Kostas Katsouranis red card

Kostas Katsouranis sent off after second yellow card (Video)

Greek captain Kostas Katsouranis was sent off Thursday during Greece’s Group C game against Japan at the 2014 World Cup after receiving his second yellow card of the match. Katsouranis was going for the ball and slide tackled Makoto Hasebe 38 …

Rip Hamilton offers to give Clint Dempsey his mask

Clint Dempsey suffered a broken nose during USA’s win over Ghana when he was kicked in the face by a high leg. The 31-year-old striker’s nose was shaped like a Christmas tree and he was coughing up blood, so it’s going to kill if he …

Wayne Rooney scores his first ever World Cup goal (GIF)

Wayne Rooney finally scored the first ever World Cup goal of his career on Thursday, and it was a big one. Rooney netted the equalizer for England as they were trailing Uruguay 1-0 late in the second half. Thursday’s game was Rooney’s …

Alvaro Pereira appeared knocked out by knee to the head (GIF)

Uruguy midfielder Alvaro Pereira took a brutal knee to the head during Thursday’s match against England. Pereira went for a slide tackle on England’s Raheem Sterling and Sterling ended up inadvertently kneeing him in the temple. For a …

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