Uruguay star Luis Suarez could only sit on the bench and look on as Los Charrúas was upset by Costa Rica 3-1. Suarez, who is still recovering from keyhole surgery will probably not be available for Uruguay’s clash against England on Thursday. The game started out looking great for Uruguay as the sky blue got on the board first with an Edison Cavani PK goal at 24′. But things then started to unravel for Uruguay and two Costa Rica goals within 3 minutes of each other blew the game–and Group D wide open.Marco Urena tacked on an insurance goal for Los Ticos and secure the 3 points.
Category: WORLD CUP
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COLOMBIA DESTROYS GREECE
Even without star striker Radamel Falcao Colombia cruised to a 3-0 shutout of Greece to get 3 points in the table and become the early leaders of Group C. Pablo Armero got things started off for Los Cafeteros with a goal that was deflected in to get Colombia on the board first. Then a short strike by Teofilo Gutierrez (who was playing in absence of Falcao) at 58′ extended the lead to 2-nil. The third and final goal of the game came in stoppage time where James Rodreguez got the shot to the left of the keeper that scored.
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CHILE HOLDS OFF AUSSIE COMEBACK
After two goals in the first 14′ for Chile, one by Alexis Sanchez and another by Jorge Valdivia it looked like we could be in for a rout… but the Socceroos showed fightback with a Tim Hill goal and came close to equalising it until Jean Beausejour secured the 3 points for Chile with a stoppage time goal to make it a 3-1 win.”Early on, we were probably just overawed by the whole thing,” Australia coach Ange Postecoglou said. “In the end, we gave away a two-goal start and that’s what killed us.”
With Spain at 0 points it opens the door for Chile to start dreaming about advancing to the Round of 16 over the defending champs.
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NETHERLANDS ROUTS SPAIN IN FINALS REMATCH
In a rematch of the previous World Cup Finals Netherlands routed defending-champion Spain 5-1 on Friday. Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben each had 2 goals a piece and Stefan de Vrij chipped in another for Holland. Spain’s one goal was on a PK by Xabi Alonso then the Dutch went on a tear, scoring 5 straight goals.
DID YOU KNOW? In 2010 Spain lost their opener, a 1-0 loss to Switzerland and still went on to win the World Cuo
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ORIBE PERALTA SCORES WINNER FOR MEXICO
El Tri got their world cup campaign off to a good start with a 1-0 win over Cameroon. The goal was on a rebound shot by Oribe Peralta after Giovani dos Santos first attempt was blocked by Cameroon keeper Charles Itandje but Mexico should have had control of the game by then after two obvious goals were called off because of offsides. “We could have scored more, but unfortunately we’re not used to these conditions,” Mexico coach Miguel Herrera said. “Frankly, the refereeing took away two clear goals, but at the end of the day you’ve got to work for it, and we get to the next match with three points and very high spirits.”
Mexico joins host Brazil with 3 points in Group A.
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BRAZIL CRUISES BY CROATIA IN WORLD CUP OPENER
The road to the finals started for Brazil in Sao Paulo on Thursday with a 3-1 victory over Croatia. Led by Neymar who had 2 goals, one of which on a PK after a questionable yellow card on Croatia’s Dejan Lovren. “It’s important to start these tournaments with the right foot, with a victory,” Neymar said. “I’m happy that I got to score, but the entire team deserves credit. We maintained our calm and showed we could battle back.”
The game started out looking like Brazil could be the first host city to ever lose an opener when goalie Marcelo had an own goal but Neymar hit a long equalizer at 29′ then hit the PK, and Oscar hit a goal in stoppage time of the 2nd half to close out the game at 3-1 and secure Brazil 3 points in the table. “I stayed calm because if I let myself get down I would have hurt the team,” Marcelo said of the OG. “It’s not the first time that this has happened, so you have to stay relaxed to help the team.”
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WORLD CUP PREVIEW
Group stage
All times listed below are in Brasília official time (UTC−3).
Group A
12 June 2014
17:00Brazil 
3-0 
CroatiaCSD’S PICK
13 June 2014
13:00Mexico 
1-0 
CameroonCSD’S PICK
17 June 2014
16:00Brazil 3-1 MexicoCSD’S PICK
18 June 2014
19:00Cameroon 0-1 CroatiaCSD’S PICK
23 June 2014
17:00Cameroon 0-4 BrazilCSD’S PICK
23 June 2014
17:00Croatia 1-1 MexicoCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts Brazil
3 0 0 +9 9 Mexico1 1 1 -1 4 Croatia1 1 1 -2 4 Cameroon0 0 3 -6 0 Group B
13 June 2014
16:00Spain 
2-2 
NetherlandsCSD’S PICK
13 June 2014
19:00Chile 
3-1 
AustraliaCSD’S PICK
18 June 2014
13:00Australia 0-3 NetherlandsCSD’S PICK
18 June 2014
16:00Spain 2-1 ChileCSD’S PICK
23 June 2014
13:00Australia 1-3 SpainCSD’S PICK
23 June 2014
13:00Netherlands 0-0 ChileCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts Spain2 1 0 +3 7 Netherlands1 2 0 +3 5 Chile1 1 1 +1 4 Australia0 0 3 -7 0 Group C
14 June 2014
13:00Colombia 
2-0 
GreeceCSD’S PICK
14 June 2014
22:00Ivory Coast 
0-0 
JapanCSD’S PICK
19 June 2014
13:00Colombia 1-0 Ivory CoastCSD’S PICK
19 June 2014
19:00Japan 0-0 GreeceCSD’S PICK
24 June 2014
17:00Japan 1-3 ColombiaCSD’S PICK
24 June 2014
17:00Greece 2-1 Ivory CoastCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts Colombia3 0 0 +5 9 Greece1 1 1 -1 4 Japan0 2 1 -2 2 Ivory Coast0 1 2 -2 1 Group D
14 June 2014
16:00Uruguay 
2-1 
Costa RicaCSD’S PICK
14 June 2014
19:00England 
1-1 
ItalyCSD’S PICK
19 June 2014
16:00Uruguay 0-0 EnglandCSD’S PICK
20 June 2014
13:00Italy 3-0 Costa RicaCSD’S PICK
24 June 2014
13:00Italy 1-0 UruguayCSD’S PICK
24 June 2014
13:00Costa Rica 0-1 EnglandCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts Italy2 1 0 +4 7 England1 2 0 +1 5 Uruguay1 1 1 0 4 Costa Rica0 0 3 -5 0 Group E
15 June 2014
13:00Switzerland 
0-1 
EcuadorCSD’S PICK
15 June 2014
16:00France 
3-1 
HondurasCSD’S PICK
20 June 2014
16:00Switzerland 1-0 FranceCSD’S PICK
20 June 2014
19:00Honduras 0-2 EcuadorCSD’S PICK
25 June 2014
17:00Honduras 0-2 SwitzerlandCSD’S PICK
25 June 2014
17:00Ecuador 0-1 FranceCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts France2 0 1 +2 6 Ecuador2 0 1 +2 6 Switzerland2 0 1 +2 6 Honduras0 0 3 -6 0 Group F
15 June 2014
19:00Argentina 
2-1 
Bosnia and HerzegovinaCSD’S PICK
16 June 2014
16:00Iran 
0-1 
NigeriaCSD’S PICK
21 June 2014
13:00Argentina 3-0 IranCSD’S PICK
21 June 2014
19:00Nigeria 0-0 Bosnia and HerzegovinaCSD’S PICK
25 June 2014
13:00Nigeria 0-1 ArgentinaCSD’S PICK
25 June 2014
13:00Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 IranCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts Argentina3 0 0 +5 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina1 1 1 +1 4 Nigeria1 1 1 0 4 Iran0 0 3 -6 0 Group G
16 June 2014
13:00Germany 
1-1 
PortugalCSD’S PICK
16 June 2014
19:00Ghana 
0-1 
United StatesCSD’S PICK
21 June 2014
16:00Germany 2-0 GhanaCSD’S PICK
22 June 2014
18:00United States 1-1 PortugalCSD’S PICK
26 June 2014
13:00United States 0-2 GermanyCSD’S PICK
26 June 2014
13:00Portugal 3-0 GhanaCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts Germany2 1 0 +4 7 Portugal1 2 0 +3 5 United States1 1 1 -1 4 Ghana0 0 3 -6 0 Group H
17 June 2014
13:00Belgium 
1-0 
AlgeriaCSD’S PICK 17 June 2014
19:00Russia 
0-1 
South KoreaCSD’S PICK
22 June 2014
13:00Belgium 0-0 RussiaCSD’S PICK
22 June 2014
16:00South Korea 0-1 AlgeriaCSD’S PICK
26 June 2014
17:00South Korea 0-3 BelgiumCSD’S PICK
26 June 2014
17:00Algeria 0-2 RussiaCSD’S PICK FINAL PREDICTED TABLE
Advancing teams with checks.
Team W D L GD Pts Belgium2 1 0 +4 7 Russia 1 1 1 +1 4 Algeria1 0 2 -2 3 South Korea1 0 2 -3 3 Knockout stage
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 28 June – Belo Horizonte Brazil2 4 July – Fortaleza Netherlands0 Brazil2 28 June – Rio de Janeiro Colombia1 Colombia2 EXTRATIME 8 July – Belo Horizonte England1 Brazil1(5) 30 June – Brasília Germany1(4) France2 4 July – Rio de Janeiro Bosnia and Herzegovina0 France0 30 June – Porto Alegre Germany1 Germany2 13 July – Rio de Janeiro Russia0 Brazil2 29 June – Fortaleza Spain1 Spain2 5 July – Salvador Mexico1 Spain2 29 June – Recife Greece1 Italy1 (3) 9 July – São Paulo Greece1 (4) Spain2 1 July – São Paulo Portugal1 Third place Argentina3
EXTRA TIME5 July – Brasília 12 July – Brasília Ecuador2 Argentina1 Germany1EXTRA TIME 1 July – Salvador Portugal2 Portugal2 Belgium0 Portugal1 PROJECTED CHAMPS: BRAZIL!!!!!
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MADRID CAPTURES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE
Real Madrid beat rival Atletico Madrid for the UEFA champions league title after a crazy comeback. After barley staying alive with a goal in stoppage time to tie it at 1 Real scored thre e goals in extra time to seal the win and become UEFA champions.
0 – 11 – 1G. Bale 110′2 – 1Marcelo 118′3 – 1Cristiano Ronaldo (PG) 120′4 – 1LINEUPS
1 Casillas 4 Sergio Ramos 
27′
90+3′5 Fábio Coentrão 
15 Daniel Carvajal 2 R. Varane 120+3′19 L. Modrić 6 S. Khedira 45+1′11 G. Bale 110′22 Á. di María 7 Cristiano Ronaldo 
120′ 120+1′9 K. Benzema Coach: C. Ancelotti 13 T. Courtois 23 Miranda 53′20 Juanfran 74′3 Filipe Luis 2 D. Godín 36′ 120′5 Tiago 14 Gabi 100′8 Raúl García 27′6 Koke 86′9 David Villa 72′19 Diego Costa Coach: D. Simeone -
Q&A WHO SHOULD THE CAVS PICK #1? WHAT DO YOU THINK OFF MARK CUBAN’S COMMENT? LANDON DONOVAN US WORLD CUP
Q: Who should the Cavs pick #1?
A: I would take Embiid here but coming off a severe back injury that’s too risky, play it safe, pick Wiggins. Wiggins is arguably the best talent in the draft and while he needs a little more development he can develop into a super star.
Q: What do I think of Mark Cuban’s comments?
A: Saying that a “black kid in a hoodie” is just as frightening as a “white kid that is bald with tatoos all over his face” is a very inappropriate thing for an NBA owner to say and he should be punished in some way.
Q: Landon Donovan left off US WC team, thoughts?
The USMNT final world cup 23-man roster. Notice the lack of Landon Donovan. Donovan has been the face of the roster for the past 10 years and has been on the past 3 world cup rosters but it was the right move, he’s not what he used to be.
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RANKING THE BIG 12 NORTH AMERICAN SPORTING LEAGUES BY HITS (VIEWS)
12.
Mexican League (Mexico Baseball)11.
Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer)10.
LNBP (Mexico Basketball)9.
Canada Basketball (Canada Basketball)8.
Liga MX (Mexico Soccer)7.
Hockey Canada (Canada Hockey)6.
Canadian Football League (Canada Football)You might’ve guessed it but all of the Top 5 are from the United States
5.
Major League Soccer (USA Soccer)4.
National Hockey League (USA Hockey)3.
Major League Baseball (USA Baseball)BIG SURPRISE AT #1/2
2.
National Football League (USA Football)1.
National Basketball Association (USA BasketballSo yeah, NBA is the champion. My guess is the longer season gives NBA the advantage and that the NBA standings change every day, NFL changes every week so you have more people frequently checking in and looking at your site.
