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The Big Boys March On

Posted on July 7, 2014 by jimcoleman3rd

George Vecsey has a very interesting post in today’s New York Times about the difficulty of non-premier teams to make it to the finals / final four in the World Cup. The “Latin America” scenario of my last post remains … Continue reading →

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World Cup Scenarios

Posted on July 3, 2014 by jimcoleman3rd

With eight teams left to play off, here are my two scenarios: European Final Belgium over Argentina Netherlands over Costa Rica Columbia over Brazil Germany over France Germany over Columbia Netherlands over Belgium South American Final Argentina over Belgium Netherlands over … Continue reading →

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Tim Howard, God Among Men, and US Soccer

Posted on July 2, 2014 by jimcoleman3rd

The US – Belgium game was one to remember for a very long time. Tim Howard, US Goalie, was nothing short of spectacular, stopping 16 shots on goal in the first 90 minutes, and keeping the US far enough in … Continue reading →

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