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Group G is paired with Group H, so the second-placed team in G plays the first-placed team in H, which will likely be Belgium. Though there's a shot the winner of our group plays Algeria, which by itself is probably worth us trying for a win against Germany. Read more

After goals for it's head to head, but in the situation you described, Ghana would go through on goals for. Read more

To be fair to me, I was staring right at Jermaine Jones while writing that. Read more

You can't even sleep on South Korea-Algeria. It's amazing. Read more

No, that's a legit point. I also hated that NYU thing for the exact same reason. Most of those kids probably didn't know any of his songs and only thought it was funny to shout "Thank You Based God!" It's the same way for a lot of the Odd Future followers. Read more

You've got it backwards. Lil B fans like him because we don't take what he says seriously. Read more

Spain have made a couple massive changes. Xavi and Piqué are out, Pedro and Javi Martínez are in. Read more

My advice for someone trying to get into Lil B is probably to start out surfing Youtube for a few of his songs. See what type of songs you gravitate to. If it's the introspective stuff, try 6 Kiss (which most Lil B fans, me included, hold as his best work). If it's the more ratchet stuff, try either Black Ken or Everyt Read more

Well Mr. Smarty Pants, the singular-noun-as-plural usage is only used when we are referring to the team, not the country. So if we were talking about Brooks's fellow players reacting to the goal, it would be "America react," but since we are talking about America the country, "America reacts" is the correct. England Read more

A little of both. Germany are miles better than Portugal, and Cristiano Ronaldo and João Moutinho are Portugal's only really-to-ridiculously good players. But even Portugal's filler dudes are generally better than those of Ghana and the US. Read more

One of the guys in the analyst booth, Argentina's Santiago Solari, also played college here before spending most of his career with Real Madrid. College soccer has made more stars than MLS has. Read more