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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
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.
June 13, 2014
Miles Kohrman
A Holland Fan Has Made the Perfect Highlight Reel of the Dutch Massacre of Spain
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
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
How Much Technology Is Too Much Technology for Soccer?
Let's not go to the videotape.
June 13, 2014
Alice Robb
Soccer Ball Manufacture Is Inefficient. Here's Why.
June 13, 2014
Laurent Dubois
The World Cup of Dissonance
Yesterday's opener proves that we don't know what to expect from this World Cup.

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