World Cup – Finally Something Interesting

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Thankfully, June 16, 2010 will be considered “The Day the World Cup Became Interesting.” First, Chile, though only winning 1-0, is the most exciting non-Brazil/Germany/Spain team in the tournament. They play three strikers, which means they are always pushing to score. They are like the Phoenix Suns of soccer, if that is possible. Second, Spain

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World Cup – More of the Same. Yuck.

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So maybe this has been the worst World Cup ever. How many ties can there be before people just stop caring? Well, that depends. I do not know if anyone cares at this point. I guess people will pay attention to the US game on Friday against Slovenia, but nobody will actually watch it. Friday

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World Cup Weekend – Goals, People. Really.

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Saturday and Sunday’s World Cup games are in the books, six games with five winners. June 12, 2010 So with Group A all knotted up at a boring one point, Saturday brought us something we were lacking: A winner. GROUP B – FIFA Rankings (#) South Korea (47), Argentina (7), Nigeria (21), Greece (13) South Korea 2 –

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World Cup – Day 1

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Editor’s note: Since Ryan is the only one around here that knows a thing about soccer, we’ve enlisted him to keep us all up to speed on the World Cup. Teams are broken into groups of four and they play each other once. Wins are worth 3 points, ties 1, losses 0. The two teams

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