In response, Ghana sent a plane full of cash that was supposed to arrive on Wednesday.

I realize this looks like a rash decision, but what choice did the team have? They were bad boys. What ya Ghana do?

This is actually bad news for the US. If Ghana and Portugal were both at full strength, they would likely play each other to a standstill, a tie or a one goal win for either.

I'm terrified because the US hasn't gotten the customary World Cup refereeing screwjob thrown its way yet.

I simply, for the life of me, cannot see the US and Germany ending in anything other than a draw. Not that, as a Portuguese person who goes insane for int'l tournaments, I would begrudge them that anyway. Portugal had their chance to control their own destiny; they failed.

Or Portugal wins by three and Germany wins by three. Bottom line is don't count the chickens just yet.

At first I thought this was great news for the U.S., but now I'm worried that Portugal is going to win by four or five.

"Muntari and Prince-Boateng are Ghanas!"

You're entitled to your opinion, but you have to admit that they're easily identifiable. You may not like it, but it's usually a good thing if you can distinguish a band immediately on the radio.

Way to bury the lede, Davies:

Maybe you should quit being a douchebag who calls women whores.

You're so right, she should have taken one of the hundreds and hundreds of roles that don't cast women as mainly a sexual interest, the ones like... ... like ... wait wait, I'll think of one ...

You can say what you want about Adam Levine's personality and other exploits, but Maroon 5 has awesome music that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio. The reason it gets stuck in your head is because it's memorable, which is more than can be said for 90% of the rest of the music that makes it to the radio.

Well, pretty clearly not if the law has an exception for the actual fucking for an age difference of less than 48 months.

The defendants' lawyer is pissed that the child porn law is being applied in a way he claims is outside of the intention of the law and vows to fight the charges tooth and nail.

Being the laughingstock of world soccer isn't going to help us - FIFA already put us in a harder group even though Mexico deserved it more than we did most likely because they don't like to see us go through. The world isn't really a fan of seeing America succeed in this sport, so might as well try and prove we're…

I have a feeling the U.S. is gonna lose tomorrow and I hate it. It has to be hard to come out and play with confidence after blowing a guaranteed shot in the knockout round with 30 seconds or so left to go in stoppage time. But then again, this team has proved almost everyone wrong already, so what the fuck do I know.

Nothing is really clinched actually. It's just that the odds are on these two teams' sides. When you rest your starters or take a knee in the NFL, the end result is 100%. That's not the case here. Cuz of that, if they try, we need to try. If they don't try, we don't need to try. Kinda like a sports version of the…

The last thing the US needs is to be "handed" a spot in the knockout rounds. We've come this far and already shown far more potential than anyone gave us credit for - any sort of shenanigans would make us look like serious chumps. We're better losing while trying to win than tying because a powerhouse let us. It's…