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June 16, 2014
Kevin Alexander
U.S.-Ghana Preview: Will Offense Be the Best Defense for Michael Bradley and the Americans?
The Black Stars's backline is inexperienced and vulnerable, and the Americans are finally ready to win a fast-break match.
June 16, 2014
Kevin Alexander
This Was the Best World Cup Ball of All Time
Plus, a ranking of every official tournament ball since 1970
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 16, 2014
The New Republic Staff
'Game of Thrones' Ends Its Fourth Season
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 15, 2014
Mona Eltahawy
A Few Words on Uruguay's (Very Tight) Shirts
Plus other highlights from Costa Rica's upset in the Group of Sin
June 15, 2014
Leon Krauze
In Praise of "The Louse": The Transformation of Miguel Herrera, Mexico's Mercurial, Wonderful Coach
Always screaming, but no longer angry
June 15, 2014
Aleksanda Hemon
Putting the "World" in "World Cup"
Talk about globalization!
June 15, 2014
Jeffrey Harrison
Father’s Day
June 15, 2014
Elaine Teng
Germany-Portugal Preview: The Great Team Versus the Great Player?
Portugal has a point to prove and Germany...well, Germany just has a lot of midfielders
June 15, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos from the Overlook: Watching the World Cup in Salvador's Favelas
Matthew Niederhauser's photo diary: Day two.
June 14, 2014
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
The Anatomy of a Goal: How Error Leads to Perfection
Opportunity for a goalscorer is a cannibal act
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 14, 2014
Ilan Stavans
What If the Most Beautiful Goal of the World Cup Has Already Been Scored?
Strikers beware: Robin van Persie's header will be near impossible to match.
June 14, 2014
Mona Eltahawy
Football, Love, and Feminism: My Holy Trinity
How a sport "not for girls" shaped the life of Mona Eltahawy.
June 14, 2014
Luke Dempsey
My Cancer, My Friend's Cancer, and a Stadium's Worth of Meat
Toasting the World Cup (and Much More) at a Brazilian Steakhouse
June 14, 2014
Simon Schama
A Stake Through Tiki-Taka's Heart
And didn't it feel good.

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