World Cup 2010: Brazil v. North Korea

North Korea will probably try to pack the back, but it won’t matter. Whatever the benefits of Communism, creating a soccer team capable of beating Brazil probably isn’t one of them. I mean we’re talkinga bout a country that can’t mass produce a...

World Cup 2010: Portugal v. Ivory Coast

I’ll be frank: If I’m Ivory Coast, I’m putting somebody on Christian Ronaldo and playing with 10 men. He’s the class of the Portuguese side, and if you take him out of the equation, you’ve got a much better chance of pulling a draw or...

World Cup 2010: New Zealand v. Slovakia

Nobody in their right mind wakes up in the early AM to watch two soccer teams going nowhere else you’ve got a certain affinity for the game. Or brain trauma. Good morning. It’s a fairly open game to start which helps the neurons start firing. I’m not...