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That's not a sending off. And odd how long after the event the ref raised the red card.by Simon Evans via twitter 6/25/2014 9:15:02 PM -
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Still photos and ultra-slo-mo can make challenges look much worse. Valencia played the ball and just caught him on followw thruby Simon Evans via twitter 6/25/2014 9:17:07 PM
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by Corey Bennett via twitter 6/25/2014 9:22:39 PM -
So about those six subs the French made. Given how strong and dangeorus they looked in their first two games and how they've been unable to score tonight despite dominating the game, I'd bet the starting lineup for the round of 16 to reverts to the team that crushed Switzerland 5-2.
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And that's not even a yellow? Good grief.by Simon Evans via twitter 6/25/2014 9:26:34 PM
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Most exciting thing about the #HONvSUI game is that the ref's insane combover has held on for 90 min. #WorldCup2014 #nohairdontcareby Rob Deters via twitter 6/25/2014 9:28:51 PM -
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Ok, this is weird!! Bolivia rebels at rightist timepieces, flips clock (from @AP ) m.apnews.com/ap/db_268779/c…by paulhaven via twitter retweeted by BrazilBrian 6/26/2014 12:12:35 AM -
No reaction to seeing yourself on the big screen can beat this one. vine.co/v/MtZ2xhIjDPe (via @FChiorino ) RT @vanessaruiz :
by Andrew Downie via twitter retweeted by BrazilBrian 6/26/2014 12:51:45 AM -
Only in a Brazilian telenovela a women makes an entrance wearing a python as a boa (constrictor?) So great.by Brian Tracey via twitter 6/26/2014 1:05:45 AM -
The waitress at my local just gave me a piece of her chocolate bar. Really debating if I need to come home. Just move the family here. :)by Brian Tracey via twitter 6/26/2014 1:18:30 AM
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Take the day off, Klinsmann urges U.S. fans reut.rs/1msMZeo -
This "isn't the first time Neymar's underwear has raised concerns from the football brand police." sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-d…by Ben Walsh via twitter 6/26/2014 2:17:43 AM -
My story. We suffered terribly in win over Honduras, says Swiss coach - Reuters dlvr.it/66sJq3by David Ljunggren via twitter 6/26/2014 2:26:17 AM -
The unmistakable bald pate of Sepp Blatter enters the Copacabana Palace, where the fate of #Suarez is being decided http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrBkkfSIMAAbKh1.jpg
by Ben Walsh via twitter 6/26/2014 3:01:55 AM -
What will the Scottish £ be worth then? ???? @alexmassie : It will be £10,000 by September... #indyref http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrCyoBDIYAAIeqY.jpg
by Ossian Shine via twitter 6/26/2014 9:07:06 AM -
Did Suarez bite? - @Cropperboyce on how Reuters put the world in the picture blogs.reuters.com/photographers-…by lnoakes via twitter retweeted by ossianshine 6/26/2014 9:43:41 AM -
Some ppl have to much time on their hands ???? vine.co/v/MtpVraxW9Kt
by Toffee TV via twitter retweeted by ossianshine 6/26/2014 9:49:26 AM -
Sorry, what is @AnnCoulter ? I must have been asleep that day. Soccer-hating wingnut: RT @milominder : lnkd.in/d8ZPw57 #Brazil2014by Ossian Shine via twitter 6/26/2014 10:19:17 AM
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by Ossian Shine via twitter 6/26/2014 11:02:24 AM
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Do you believe the #USMNT will win today? Find out @reuters World Cup live blog. live.reuters.com/Event/World_Cu… http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrDtdH8IMAAyXEk.jpg
by Brian Tracey via twitter 6/26/2014 12:59:58 PM -
Pitch looks ok, going by @StanCollymore 's pic of it ahead of #GER V #USA . Can't see it being delayed http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrDyKr0CUAA7KjV.jpg
by James Montague via twitter retweeted by ossianshine 6/26/2014 1:34:02 PM -
So for the 2nd consecutive season, Suarez won't be playing the first matches for Liverpool because of a biting suspensionby David Ljunggren via twitter 6/26/2014 1:57:43 PM
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FULL FIFA STATEMENT:Luis Suárez suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any football-related activityThe FIFA Disciplinary Committee has reached a decision in the case related to Luis Suárez of Uruguay following an incident that occurred during the FIFA World Cup™ match between Italy and Uruguay played on 24 June 2014.The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided that:· The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).· The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup™ fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June 2014. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC.· The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC.· A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in accordance with art. 21 of the FDC as follows: the player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2).· The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000.The decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA today.“Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field. The Disciplinary Committee took into account all the factors of the case and the degree of Mr Suárez’s guilt in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Code. The decision comes into force as soon it is communicated,” said Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
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The US-Germany game will kickoff as scheduled, despite torrential rain in Recife this morning, ESPN reports.
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Reuters Tony Gentile took the shot of the Suarez bite. Russell Boyce, a Reuters photo editor, has a great account of how the picture was taken and the editing decisions that went into the iconic image of the most infamous incident of this World Cup:We crop the picture, keeping in the fingers pulling down the shirt to draw the eye up and reveal the marks on Chiellini. His face is cropped out entirely, so no extra details detract from the picture.TV pundits and voices on social media were already calling for Suarez to be banned and punished.We had moved the pictures out. Uruguay score a goal and more pictures came streaming in. The game had moved on, but we all knew what the talking point was going to be and what picture was going to be used. -
The US versus Germany lineups are in!Germany: Neuer, Howedes, Hummels, Schweinsteiger, Ozil, Podolski, Muller, Lahm (captain), Mertesacker, Kroos, Boateng.US: Howard, Gonzalez, Bradley, Besler, Beasley, Dempsey (captain), Jones, Davis, Beckerman, Zusi, Johnson.
Two changes for the US: Geoff Cameron is benched after a shaky performance against Portugal. His whiffed clearance led to Nani's early goal and he made several other mistakes that led to unnecessary chances for Portugal throughout the rest of the game. Brad Davis also starts in place of Alejandro Bedoya.
Bedoya started against both Portugal and Ghana. He had solid if not remarkable performances, so perhaps Klinsmann is simply looking to get fresh legs into a US team that has had less time to recover from two tiring games than the Germans. -
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Swept up in the narrative that soccer, with record TV ratings and a surge in pop culture recognition, is finally popular in the US? Here's an excellent counter-argument: Soccer has always been popular in the US, but in easily ignored immigrant communities.Many die hard, intergenerational soccer fans in the US support other counties beyond the US National team.Photographer Douglas Zimmerman has been traveling around the US during the World Cup shooting the diversity of the country’s fan culture and further illustrating this. He has showcased Korea and Mexico fans in LA, Bosnia fans in St. Louis, and Chile fans in Denver, among others.For the USA-Germany match tomorrow there will be a massive viewing party in the middle of downtown Detroit at noon on a work day; in a workers’ city that is 83% black and also has substantial Arab and Mexican communities. You can bet that the faces in the crowd will reflect this, rather than being the “urban, wine-sipping bourgeoisie …of supposedly Euro-centric civility” fans that he mischaracterizes as the sport’s sole passive supporters in the United States.
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Springsteen's "Born in the USA" playing. Waiting for some Kraftwerk. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrESEzgCcAAuiKh.jpg
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