An additional benefit: This result most likely produces a Chile/Brasil knockout round match, which should be a terrific game.

His near-1v1 with the keeper was embarrassing, I agree. I really am not invested in defending the guy, but I do think he made the difference when moving to the right side (probably on his own) to put in those chances.

Hey, did you miss the ball that was Varela's equalizer?

I don't see what the big deal is. The US should just take a lesson from Ford and IBM prior to World War II and collaborate with the Germans and move on.

Hey, did you miss the ball that was Varela's equalizer?

Can we have a gallery of the Tartan Army celebrating in the Uruguay end?

Rooney bears a resemblance to Shrek physically, and in that he was good once, but each successive time he performs, he gets worse and worse.

Ecuador caught ball watching.

That's pretty great. He has always reminded me of Ash from Pokemon; now I have corroborative facts!

It's smaller on the outside.

Question: Have you ever seen Gerrard win the league?

Yep, the NBA is a player-driven league...except when it comes to collective bargaining agreements.

You magnificent bastard, you've done it again.

Thomas Friedman's columns, books and public appearances deserve to be ruthlessly mocked in any context. He's the Greggggggg Easterbrook of "serious columnists," and is taken "seriously" despite being wrong, ahistorical, illogical, catachretic and racist time after time.

No, stupid is spelled "N-o-r-i-e-g-a-T-o-n-y"

Marriner's match report is also going to note that the player sent off was ineligible in the first place, having played for NY Red Bulls for the past few years.

More like Andrea Pir-less.

That's more Dimitar Berbatov's style.

What's the big deal? I see this every time I've watched a BYU game.

Lesund: Master of fårekjøtt bustin'.