World Cup 2014: Quarterfinals

Still the forerunner for the Golden Boot, Columbia’s James Rodriguez had his coming out party brought to a halt by the home side Brazilian squad. Given his tender age of 22, he should return for a couple more Cups, but it was sad to see him go. It was similarly...

World Cup 2014: US bows out to Belgium

Goalkeeper Tim Howard is getting all kinds of well-earned props for saving more shots than any keeper in the history of the World Cup. We knew we had a great one in Howard already, and he follows in a line of world class American net minders (Keller, Friedel). Of...