The 2014 FIFA World Cup has come and gone. It’s been more than a year since Germany took home the championship and since Mexico suffered a controversial exit at the hands of the Netherlands.
Mexico had fought tooth and nail against some of the tournament’s favorites. A Guillermo Ochoa-inspired Mexico kept a clean sheet against host Brazil, the second time in a row that Mexico had to face a host nation (South Africa in 2010).
The 1990 World Cup in Italy was one of the least beautiful in history. In fact, there are those who consider it the worst of all.
However, it is remembered for the presence of every country to ever win the World Cup until then, and because many of its games were defined by the excitement of shooting from the penalty spot.
The FIFA Ethics Committee has handed a seven-year ban from all national and international soccer activity to Harold Mayne-Nicholls, former chairman of the Chilean FA and the bid evaluation group for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Mayne-Nicholls was tasked by FIFA to look into the suitability of the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, but it is believed his report was largely ignored.
Russia has unveiled the 10 candidates for the 2018 World Cup mascot and they are, um, interesting.
Here’s a question for the ages: Can Lionel Messi be considered the greatest footballer who ever lived without winning a trophy in a major international tournament?
The answer is a definitive “no.”
If it is hard out here for a pimp, then it must be truly cruel to be a defender. It’s their job to stand between some of the most talented people in the world and their goal: the goal. Needless to say, it doesn’t always end well. Defenders get nutmegged, dragged out of position, yelled at by fans and teammates alike, and lambasted by the media on a weekly basis. When they are good, people hardly notice them. It’s a thankless job.
The German women have nearly beaten their own goal-scoring record after putting ten past the Ivory Coast in their opening match.
President Obama addressed the FIFA scandal while speaking Monday.
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Apparently there's a lady Zlatan, Kosovare Asllani, and she's going to play against the U.S. in the World Cup.