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June 16, 2014
Brian Blickenstaff
Before Jurgen Klinsmann Found Aron Johannsson In Iceland, Johannsson Found His Game in Florida
The Iceman is hereth.
June 16, 2014
Jason Cowley
The Matches Have Been Excellent So Far. But Could FIFA's Corruption Make This the Last World Cup?
Imagining the all-too-possible.
June 16, 2014
Rabih Alameddine
We All Know Sepp Blatter Is Crooked, But What's This About Beckenbauer?
There has to be one good guy at FIFA. Right?
June 15, 2014
Laurent Dubois
Jozy Altidore, Haiti's Legendary World Cup Goal, and the Joys of Fandom by Proxy
Football pan-Americanism
June 15, 2014
Luke Dempsey
Watching the Three Lions Get Mauled at an Italian Restaurant in New Jersey
An England-Italy recap, with pizza
June 14, 2014
Shaj Mathew
The Six Stages of England Fan Pessimism
Plumbing the psyche (or at least the tweets) of a nation that expects the worst in this (and every) World Cup
June 13, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Striking Images of Brazil's Love-Hate Relationship with This World Cup
Matthew Niederhauser's photo diary: Day One.
June 13, 2014
Shaj Mathew
Robots Might Be Smart, But They're Terrible at Soccer—and They Flop, Too
A report from an awkward, adorable robot-soccer match
June 13, 2014
Ilan Stavans
God Uses the World Cup to Teach People Geography
June 13, 2014
Chris Oates
Should FIFA Be Run Like the Eurovision Contest?
A political analyst on how to reform the corrupt World Cup
June 13, 2014
Alice Robb
Soccer Ball Manufacture Is Inefficient. Here's Why.
June 13, 2014
Fernando Rodriguez-Vila
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Joseph O'Neill
Spain-Holland Preview: Can a Band of Hungover Dutchmen Defeat Tiki-Taka's Trotsky?
Nando Vila and Joseph O’Neill dissect Friday's Group B clash
June 12, 2014
Jess Walter
The Real Reason There Were No American Players on the 'Most Compelling Players' List
June 12, 2014
Alex Massie
Why You Should Hate Team USA
Or maybe just American soccer fans
June 12, 2014
Alice Robb
Watching Your World Cup Team Triples Your Chance of Having a Heart Attack
June 12, 2014
Ilan Stavans
Why Has Literature Ignored Soccer?
June 12, 2014
Simon Critchley
Why There Is No Such Thing as a Bad World Cup
A philosopher's theory of soccer fandom
June 11, 2014
Daniel Alarcón
Colombia Forecast: A Day of World Cup Unity, Followed By an 'Apocalyptic' Election
Bracing for a roller-coaster weekend in Bogotá
June 11, 2014
Rabih Alameddine
Please Help Me Find a World Cup Team to Hate
Now accepting nominations for a side that deserves my scorn
June 11, 2014
Jess Walter
Why Cameroon Will Beat Mexico on Friday
The Lions' secret advantage: the spirit of the oldest player to ever score in a World Cup
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