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For the United States, Tuesday night’s matchup against Honduras in Utah is a golden chance to seriously bolster its World Cup qualifying position. Already atop the Hexagonal with 10 points, the U.S. could reach 13 points with just four games remaining and be sitting quite pretty. For Honduras, the game isn’t a must-win—road games in the Hex rarely are—but the team is currently...
Published: June 18, 2013
Tiger Woods needs to go back to the drawing board after posting a disappointing final score of 13 over par at the 2013 U.S. Open. According to ESPN’s Justin Ray, it was Woods’ worst score to par for his entire career in a U.S. Open: Needless to say, the No. 1 player in the world has his work cut out for him in order to bounce back at The Open Championship in mid-July. In between now and...
Published: June 18, 2013
Two world-class clubs who got off to very different starts at the 2013 Confederations Cup will square off Wednesday in a heated affair as Brazil takes on Mexico, and the match will come down to one-on-one showdowns. The host country is looking to continue to build off a young core of Neymar and Hulk that they hope will reap success at next year’s World Cup. The Brazilians got off to a strong...
Published: June 18, 2013
Some of the best footballers in the world are on display in Brazil during this summer’s Confederations Cup tilt. We’ve already seen impressive performances in the early goings of group play, but there are plenty of exciting matches still lined up. To this point, all of the favorites have won their first fixtures, putting Spain, Brazil and Italy in prime positions to advance past group...
Published: June 18, 2013
The 2013 Confederations Cup is underway in Brazil, but some of the best group-stage matches are yet to unfold. With some of the world’s best teams in the field, we’re sure to have a number of epic affairs in the prelude to next year’s World Cup. Without further ado, let’s check out the most enticing upcoming matches in group play at the Confederations Cup. Japan vs. Mexico:...
Published: June 18, 2013
This week the FIFA Confederations Cup will feature several key matchups to determine who will move on to the knockout stage next week. The string of games will run all week at various venues throughout Brazil and finish up on Saturday and Sunday. Advancing teams may be determined well before those weekend clashes, though. Top teams Spain, Nigeria, Italy and Brazil have already secured three points,...
Published: June 18, 2013
Spain’s Confederations Cup match against Tahiti is a little like David and Goliath. The back-to-back European Championships winner, current World Cup holder and best team in international football are taking on Tahiti—easily the minnows of the 2013 Confederations Cup and unlikely to make any improvement on their current world ranking of 138th this week. The match itself should simply be...
Published: June 18, 2013
This matchup is without doubt the crucial encounter for both these sides in the Confederations Cup group stage. With Spain, who have already swept aside Uruguay, the clear group favorites to top the group, and Tahiti, who Nigeria have already accounted for in their opening fixture, the predicted whipping boys, this game is set to determine who finishes second and qualifies for the knock-out stages. Nigeria...
Published: June 18, 2013
In the world of football, it really doesn’t get more David and Goliath than Thursday’s encounter between Spain and Tahiti in the Confederations Cup. Vicente del Bosque’s Spain is arguably the best national side the world has ever seen, whereas the national side from the island of Tahiti only has one professional player in its ranks that it can count on. In their first...
Published: June 18, 2013
Nigeria may have recorded an impressive 6-1 scoreline against the amateurs of Tahiti, but the Super Eagles underwhelmed in a contest that they never looked like losing. Following the final whistle, I pondered how best to tell the story of a match that had roundly delivered what it had promised, but simultaneously provided a litany of shocks and surprises. Sometimes, it’s best to focus on the...