I'm not Uruguayan - but I have been a fan of their national team for several years. The consensus on him seems to be "Yes, he's an asshole, but he is on our side." I mean, their coach did say after the bite that it's a world cup of futbol, not morality. Plus, there's something to be said for having a guy like him…

As a fan of Uruguay, I must reluctantly agree.

Well I'm fairly certain you're just a non-contributing troll. Unfortunately for all of us you appear to work here and more importantly, and even more unfortunately, you appear to have spawned.

It's essentially the same as Leonard. Teams wanna go for that idiotic and non-existent pie in the sky "upside" over getting a proven player. The funny thing is that they assume a guy who is a real college player (and will be a reliable pro) has limited upside. A rare player indeed hits his prime at 23. Short view…

Let's attack, and let's fucking win. I see no reason the Germans should outclass us just by showing up. We're playing well, and we might as well go balls out. Of course, that's what myself and fellow members of my HS soccer team said before facing the powerhouse defending state champs in the state tournament, and…

"Gets Smoked in the Sausage Race" - ISWYDT

You're missing the pretty key variable of online viewing in your statement. While I don't necessarily disagree with your opinion as a whole - I don't think online viewing is included in the ratings, and that was virtually non-existent in '99, at least in comparison to 2014. Also, the women's game was a tournament…

I usually hate your articles, but I gotta say, pretty bothered by that comment as well. +1

Stating that the world cup is not the biggest sporting event in the world is incorrect. It's an opinion, sure - but it's counterfactual. I can state that New Zealand is better at soccer than Brazil and that can be my serious opinion, but it would be wrong. I think you may be allowing personal bias to override your…

You're not a dick, you're just completely wrong and refuse to admit it.

True. What we really need is Bradley to submit the performance he's capable of - not the pitiful display that he put on against Ghana. I practically forgot he was on the field for long stretches of time; that's a bad sign.

BOOM. +1

It was stunning to see him so far off his best game - his D didn't necessarily do him any favors, but a couple of the 7 goals could be at least partially attributed to him. Crazy.

Everyone! Someone lied on the internet!

Eh. I don't think so. My objective standard of seperating the two is "Would one of my high school soccer teammates have been able to do this?" With Cahill's goal I would say "A couple of them, yes." To Van Persie's header I answer "NO FUCKING WAY."

You are entitled to your opinion. I certainly didn't see the US hacking much at all. As mentioned before, I saw several late challenges by Ghana - one of which resulted in a card, the rest going uncalled. Refs will miss calls, but I don't view a guy missing four or five late challenges by Ghana as being overtly…

The ref was very fair in general, but Ghana had several late challenges that were not called in any way. As a former player, I say "fuck it, whatever. You play the hand you're dealt." However.....to say the ref was kind to the US is dense as hell.

Well that's just cheating. If Lebron were on a team coached by Pop, the rest of the league might as well stay home.

I was just getting ready to post this. Works wonders.

You are right in differentiating a statistical trend from something that would actually affect how someone would go about their job in the present. It is certainly true that whether the majority of crashes occur on a late flight or not, almost all the variables that would cause a late flight are the same variables…