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June 26, 2014
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Who Would Ever Want to Be a Referee?
Right or wrong, you're always making somebody mad
June 26, 2014
Julia Ioffe
Little Failures: Russia's Very Expensive & Yet Wholly Unimpressive Side
It’s all a very Russian story: ungodly amounts of money spent with little to show for it
June 26, 2014
Franklin Foer
Bravo, Klinsmann. And Look Out, Belgium!
It wasn't pretty, but we cheated (the Group of) Death
June 26, 2014
Kevin Alexander
USA-Germany Recap: 9 Takeaways On The Loss That Felt Like A Win
And on to the Round of 16 we go.
June 26, 2014
Alice Robb
Soccer Players Are Worried About the Heat in Brazil, But They Actually Run Faster When It's Hot
Scientists put soccer players in 109 degree heat. Here's what they found out.
June 26, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos: Dramatic Scenes in Recife, as City Floods Ahead of US - Germany Clash
Matthew Niederhauser's (waterlogged) photo dispatch.
June 26, 2014
Elaine Teng
Ghana's Bad News Is Good for the USMNT
Hours before their must-win game, Ghana's Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince-Boateng have been suspended indefinitely.
June 26, 2014
Kevin Alexander
USA-Germany Preview: The Jermaine Jones Show
Can Klinsmann's crucial German-American stymie Germany's Germans?
June 25, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos: Inside Your Typical World Cup City from the Outside of Its Stadium
Plus: Iranian Fans Posing with Darth Vader!
June 25, 2014
Laurent Dubois
Why Are These Fans Showing Up to World Cup Matches in Blackface?
And what is FIFA going to do about it?
June 25, 2014
Andrew Helms
USMNT Has A Problem in Midfield. But Don't Blame Michael Bradley, Blame Jurgen Klinsmann
Michael Bradley has run 15 miles over two games. Some backup would have been nice.
June 25, 2014
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Requiem for the Ivory Coast: The Anatomy of Greece's Last-Minute Penalty
It was Zeus arranging pieces on the gameboard, Athena whispering something in someone’s ear.
June 25, 2014
Miles Kohrman
Dear World Cup: You’re Using the Wrong Tiebreaker
For short competitions, head-to-head is better than goal difference
June 25, 2014
Andrew Helms
Every Team that's Played in Manaus Has Lost The Next Game. Is the USMNT Next?
The myth of the Manaus hangover
June 25, 2014
Yannis Palaiologos
Greece Make It to the Last 16—And Score a Goal, Too!
Who said the Greeks only play boring soccer?
June 25, 2014
Luke Dempsey
"As You Bite It": Uruguay-Italy through Shakespeare
For never was a story of more woe...
June 24, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos: The World Cup City That Every Other City on the Planet Could Learn From
Matthew Niederhauser’s World Cup Photo Diary: Day Seven
June 24, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Every Time Luis Suárez Has Bitten Someone in a Professional Match, in GIFs
Well, every time he's been caught
June 24, 2014
Elaine Teng
Nervous for U.S. vs. Germany? Wait Until You See These Numbers
But there's some good news too.
June 24, 2014
Kevin Alexander
Forget Spain: Why I’m Mourning the End of Australia’s Golden Generation
An American fan's tribute to the upstarts from Down Under

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