The World Cup has been getting its fair share of controversy this year as the Brazil event in 2014 gets closer to starting and despite the fact that many stadiums and sites are not ready, things will go forward as planned and the fixtures and group schedule matches will start on June 12 and the first match has Brazil taking on Croatia in the Group A set that will kick off the tournament.
Read full storyMany in the soccer world feel that playing the World Cup in the summer in Qatar in 2022 is a big mistake due to high temperatures and while Jerome Valcke hinted that the dates could be moved, FIFA struck back to quell notions about that and said there are no set decisions yet on whether the event will be moved or not eight years from now.
Read full storyThe US Men's national team may be in the group of death in the World Cup, but one reason they are even in the draw at all is because of the job head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has done and that is why it is great news for the team that he was signed to a four year contract extension.
Read full storyThe United States knew that there was a good chance they would have a tough draw for the World Cup in 2014 based on their pot, but they hoped to avoid the Group of Death in Group G, but they ended up in the worst spot, as they now will have to travel nearly 9,000 miles as they play tough teams in Germany, Ghana and Portugal and getting into the knockout round would be nearly a miracle.
Read full storyThe World Cup 2014 opening match round schedule is all set after the draw was released last week and the 32 teams and eight groups now know where they will play their first round fixtures and after some pressure, FIFA decided to change the times of some of those matches, as they are being played in some of the hotter climates in Brazil and it was done for player safety.
Read full storyThe World Cup draw is finally set and for anyone that wants a printable draw or printout of the bracket can snag one from SWR below and the tournament has a number of amazing soccer teams and nations participating and some teams have harder roads than others and many, like Brazil, the United States, Spain, Germany, Portugal and Argentina are all hoping for good performances.
Read full storyThe 2014 World Cup Draw is now complete and with 32 teams split into the eight groups, there is a chance that this could be one of the toughest tournaments ever and a number of teams are in tough spots, as Group G is considered the Group of Death with Ghana, United States and Portugal as well as Germany, while England got no favors either.
Read full storyThe World Cup draw is getting released on Friday and the United States and Mexico will be drawn from Pot 3 and both are looking to avoid one of the tougher groups as the draw gets released.
Read full storyThe World Cup draw is getting announced on Friday and the news is very anticipated for the teams in the tournament, as they are hoping to get a favorable draw in the bracket and with the first pot of teams coming from the top of the FIFA rankings and with the host nation of Brazil, those top ranked teams in pot one includes Spain, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay
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