Timeless images from one of the earliest experts

"Not-so-easy" are the key words. But it can happen, if Klinsmann's team does these things.

Issues other than sex rarely come up when we talk about birth control, but that is only part of the picture

Soy argentino, pero a veces no puedo ver el Mundial en español

Greece comes to terms with the national team's World Cup exit

Name your poison, we've taken it.

Ghana's group stage failure isn't punishment for corruption. Nigeria's (relative) success isn't a salvo against Boko Haram.

Its current success is a function of that history

I deplore the penalty shootout

The fabulist patriot's guide to the most important sporting event in American history

The midfielder is covering way, way too much ground

Scenes from the FIFA Fanfest in Cuiabá. Matthew Niederhauser's Photo Diary, Day Ten

Their battle plan wilted in the heat, but Holland exhales into the quarterfinals

Even if Colombia loses, he's already done enough

All respect to Kansas City, New York and LA, but the photos do not lie

But that didn't stop USMNT fans from coming out in droves; Matthew Niederhauser's Photo Diary, Day Nine

In praise of the rough, hungry beauty of the World Cup's scrappiest side