You missed the NBA Finals, huh?

...except the MLS is still adding teams like there's no tomorrow, which means the domestic talent pool will become thinner, which then means that the quality of the league will take that much longer to catch up to the level where it is today (assuming, of course, that the league hasn't stopped expanding by the time…

He is definitely boring, yes, but he's also smart about the game. It's kind of like when Tim Howard was doing EPL games last season. He'd add good points but it sounded like he was commentating on highlights that happened a week ago. Really, I think they should just put Roberto Martínez in every booth and on every…

Kinda shocking considering how dead the Ticos looked at 120 minutes.

I'm just glad at least one CONCACAF team is in the quarters. Even if we (the US) win, Argentina will be looming in the quarters. Costa Rica probably represents the best shot at having our region not look like the kids on the short bus.

This is true. Also, Chile, with their relentless pressing and strength at the back and in midfield posed a very specific challenge for Brazil that Colombia do not. Both teams should have lots of room to attack. CAN'T WAIT.

As the old line goes, it's just like watching Brazil. (And not like watching 2014 Brazil.) There's a command of space and close control combined with pace that doesn't fit the "bye tiki-taka, hello counterattacking" narrative of the earlier group games, and as long as they keep playing like that, good things will come…

I live for this.

Wow, yeah he's definitely the only player I feel good for as well. As a team, Brazil played like shit in the second half.

Hey Timothy, here's the interview translation:

Anne Frankly, if he's Goerring to continue along those lines he better think of some more puns.

These situations are always weird for me to deal with. On one hand, I come from the Louis CK brand of thinking which says that anything can be a joke, but on the other hand, I was raised by a grandfather who smacked the god into me if I didn't show respect for terms of that magnitude.

Looks like a real...

There are multiple ocasions where that happens... but they are awarded a yellow or red card (half of times). But instead of loooking for the other half, media focuses on the man that bites... a broken leg isn't as important as some teeth marks.

Anyone else catch the post game comments from Chicarito? Was giving a ton of props to Concacaf, in general, and the United States and Costa Rica, in particular. I know your average soccer nerd at the bar has been saying it for years (including me!), but I rarely if ever hear foreign players talking like that.

In many ways, World Cup 2014 marks America's coming of age as a football power. You have, after all, developed all the traits any self-respecting outfit and accompanying fandom requires to take the game far more seriously than is either wise or sane. Which is to say, you're now like the rest of the world. For…

It would have provided a margin for error.

It gets much less confusing once you realize the US team is decent.

Their accuracy wasn't as shit today.

Can somebody please explain to me why people still call Suarez a cheater for blocking that shot vs Ghana? Yes he blocked it, but he was sent off and Ghana was given a PK. Not Suarez's fault that Gyan choked. I compare it like in basketball when the defender commits a hard foul on a player going for a lay up. Yes the…