Category Archives: Soccer
 

Two Teams Enter… One Nation Wins: Predicting the Final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

7.09.10 4:21 pm by Brian

Even though Uruguay and Germany failed to advance to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Match, neither nation’s team is leaving South Africa quite yet.  Unlike professional sports here in the United States—and similar to Bronze Medal matches at the … Continue reading

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An International Final Four: Predicting the Semifinals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

7.04.10 3:46 pm by Brian

The Quarterfinal Round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa has come and gone, and only four nations remain in this worldwide tournament to crown the top team in soccer.  The two days of the round were not … Continue reading

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Picking Up the Pieces: Predicting the Quarterfinals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

6.30.10 2:25 pm by Brian

Even though American interest in the World Cup has surely dropped nearly to nothing now that the United States has gone out of the tournament, anything worth doing is worth following through completely.  While the U.S. team might not have … Continue reading

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Previewing and Predicting the Knockout Round of 16 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

6.25.10 4:54 pm by Brian

As an American sportswriter contributing stories for an American-based sports website, it is not very often that I have the opportunity to write anything about soccer, a sport known as football in practically every country not called the United States … Continue reading

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USA-Slovenia Ref Gets the Jim Joyce Wikipedia Treatment (Updated 06/19)

6.18.10 12:22 pm by Alex

The last ten minutes of the United States vs Slovenia match that ended just minutes ago will be the talk of the sports world for much of today. If you didn’t see the game, here’s a video of the would-be … Continue reading

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Mike Tirico: Clearly Not Ready to Be on Camera

6.12.10 4:19 pm by Alex

Towards the end of this afternoon’s World Cup broadcast on ESPN, they went live to Mike Tirico in South Africa, who apparently just woke up from a nap and was not quite ready to be on TV. He looked a … Continue reading

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