2014 FIFA World Cup: United States eliminated by Belgium 2-1 in extra time
Belgium defeats the United States 2-1 in an extra time nail biter.
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2014 FIFA World Cup: Argentina knocks out Switzerland with a goal late in extra time
Argentina defeats Switzerland 1-0 in extra time for a spot in the quarter finals.
2014 FIFA World Cup: France knocks out Nigeria 2-0, Germany defeats Algeria 2-1 in extra time
France scored two goals in the last 15 minutes to eliminate Nigeria 2-0. Germany defeated Algeria 2-1 in extra time.
2014 FIFA World Cup: Netherlands defeats Mexico 2-1, Costa Rica knocks out Greece in penalty kicks
Netherlands comes back at the end of the match to top Mexico 2-1. Read more about the stunning comeback here.
Costa Rica knocks out Greece 5-3 in penalty kicks
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World Cup fever: Scenes from off the pitch
As World Cup fever sweeps the world by storm, we take a look at the scenes from off the pitch of fans and the game’s frenzy.
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2014 FIFA World Cup: USA advances despite 0-1 loss to Germany
Two wins and guaranteed advancing would have been nice, of course.
But every Team USA fan would have taken four points from the Ghana and Portugal matches with a chance to advance against Germany, and the main consequence of the United States’ last-second draw with Portugal on Sunday is that this is going to be a wild few hours of soccer that all Americans wish could have been avoided.
Heavy rains in Recife, Brazil, the location of today’s World Cup match between the U.S. and Germany, has caused extensive flooding, turning roads into rivers and making access to the stadium difficult. But FIFA says the U.S. game will be played as scheduled at noon ET.
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2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany, Portugal, and Belgium win their games. Algeria and Russia tie 1-1.
While heavy rains impact the field as USA-Germany go head-to-head in Recife, Portugal and Ghana meet in Brasillia. The German team defeated the U.S. team 1-0 but the United States team advanced to the next stage with Portugal’s defeat of Ghana 2-1. Portugal will not advance despite the win. Algeria and Russia tied 1-1 leading the Algerian team to advance and the Russian team to pack their bags. Also Korea Republic lost to Belgium 1-0 and failed to advance. Belgium had already qualified for the next round.
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2014 FIFA World Cup: France and Ecuador tied and Switzerland defeated Honduras
Luis Suarez really bit someone again, England bored us again, Greece went through on a soft late penalty and there might not be a more enjoyable team in the tournament than Colombia.
Today, in Group F, Argentina has already advanced and has a pretty straightforward path to the top spot in the group.Both Argentina and Nigeria qualified to advance to the next round at the end of their Argentina winning 3-2 game. Bosnia beat Iran 3-1 but will not advance to the next round. Also Switzerland defeated Honduras 3-0 and qualify for the Round of 16. France and Ecuador end the game tied 0-0 and France qualified for the next round.
2014 FIFA World Cup: Uruguay bounces Italy; Costa Rica, England play to draw
Uruguay defeated Italy, 1-0, to advance to the Round of 16, and Costa Rica and England played to a 0-0 draw in World Cup action Tuesday.
2014 FIFA World Cup: Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Netherlands are winners
Spain defeated Australia, 3-0, Netherlands topped Chile, 2-0, Brazil beat Cameroon, 4-1, and Mexico bested Croatia, 3-1, in World Cup action Monday.