They seem pretty confident.
It's fitting that the World Cup hosted by Brazil, a country with such a unique anthroponomastic culture, is lousy…
The knockout round is upon us, which means it's time for our live streaming updates. Here's how to watch Brazil vs…

This is South America's World Cup. It started with a flourish of Brazilian zest and color in São Paulo, with…
From Dave Zirin's newest book, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup the Olympics and the Fight for…
Dutch designer Guus ter Beek doesn't really like what he sees when he watches watches World Cup games on ESPN, so he…
Soccer is, obviously, the centerpiece of the World Cup, but it means nothing without the crowd—the people in the…
Over on Stats In the Wild, Gregory Matthews has visualized how much scoring there's been at the 2014 World Cup,…

Arena da Baixada is on the less-sucky end of Brazil's list of World Cup stadiums, but that's not to say it doesn't…
Two number 18 from South Korea and Belgium vie for the ball and a spot in the final sixteen. Belgium advanced out of the group with Algeria while South Korea failed to move on. Read more
Ghana did not exactly get the World Cup showing they wanted, seeing as how they failed to make it out of the group…
That just happened. They just did that. We—you—just did that! The United States lost today to Germany in their final…
Twitter users were already throwing around the word "Nazi" plenty before Germany-U.S. kicked off, but how about…
A whole lot of people watched today's U.S.-Germany match, and we're not just talking online viewers or whatever the…
Now that we've made it out of the Group of Death, we can sit back and watch the final matches of Group H, which will…
Is time for final Russia game of group play. Here's how to watch South Korea-Belgium or Algeria-Russia on your TV or…

The U.S.-Germany match was briefly interrupted by a pitch-invading bro who just wanted to say "'sup" to Thomas…
The United States lost to Germany today, 1-0, but they're still advancing through the Group of Death to the World…
Thank God for Cristiano Ronaldo! After a poorly cleared cross that the Ghanaian keeper could only punch into the…