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Congrates to the USA women’s futebol side for making it to the finals of the World Cup.

Way to go garoto.

In the Copa America both Uruguay and Chile punched their ticket to the quarterfinals.

Uruguay defeated Mexico 1-0.

Alvaro Pereira nailed the only score of the match in the 14^th minute.

Chile and Peru engaged in a death match.

This puppy went back and forth until Jorge Valdivia curling corner kick hit pay dirt in the second minute of stoppage time.

Buda bing Buda boom. The ball missed several players until it connect with Peru’s Andre Carrillo.

Nothing but the back of the net.

1-0 Chile.

Game, set, and match to La Roja.

Chile won Group C with seven points.

Uruguay finished in the runner up spot with five points.

Up next for the Uruguayans is Argentina in the quarterfinals.

This will be a barnburner.

On Wednesday Brasil battles Ecuador and Paraguay takes on Venezuela.

Venezuela is top dog in Group B with four points.

Brasil and Paraguay are tied for second with two points.

To see who will get to advance will depend on Wednesday night’s outcomes.

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First off congrates to the USA women’s team for their come from behind win over Brasil to advance to the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup.

Group play in the Copa America is about end. Columbia took care of Bolivia 2-0. Los Cafeteros is top dog in Group A with seven points.

Columbia will win Group A.

The battle will be for second place.

Argentina will battle Costa Rica to see who will advance to the next round.

Costa Rica is in second place with three points.

A tie will do Argentinos no good.

La Albiceleste must win this sucker.

Argentina has two points.

Venezuela is in the pole position in Group B with four points.

Brasil is in second place with two points.

Paraguay is in third with two points tamben.

Both sides have zero plus minus so this sucker will come down to the final match of group play.

Brasil battles Ecuador while Paraguay takes on Venezuela.

Ecuador has one point.

La Vinotinto has to either win or tie their final match to advance.

Brasil must win out right to advance.

Paraguay has to beat Venezuela to advance. If Los Guaranies ties and Brasil loses Paraguay advances.

If both Paraguay and Brasil tie it will goal down to goal difference.

You gotta love it.

In Group C, both Peru and Chile sit a top the group with four points.

Uruguay is buried in third place with two points.

Mexico is out of it with zero points but the Mexicans can be the spoilers with a win over Uruguay.

Chile takes on Peru.

Either side ties they both should advance but it will come down to goal difference if Uruguay beats Mexico.

The race is on.

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Mexico came riding into their group match against Chile on a high horse.

The Mexican squad was coming off a skill full 4-2 dismantling of the USA squad in finals of the CONCACAF.

The Mexicans drew first blood in the 40^th minute. Nestor Alejandro Araujo Razo flat out beat the keeper on a brilliant shot.

Mexico 1-0 on a great counter attack.

Chile had the most of the possession however they couldn’t crack the code.

Give La Roja credit.

They didn’t fold up their tents and quit after Mexico scored first.

The Chileans pressed the attack until the 66^th minute.

Esteban Paredes poked in the rebounded off a missed shot.

Five minutes later 72^nd minute La Roja scored the match winner.

Mate Arturo Vidal nailed a perfectly placed header top shelf right to seal the deal.

This sucker was set up by a great corner kick by Matias Fernandez.

2-1 Chile.

In the Uruguay Peru match it was a different story.

The Peruvians scored first in the 23^rd minute.

Jose Paolo Guerrero broke free at the Midfield line.

He left the entire Uruguayan side in his wake.

Guerrero forced the keeper to come off his line.

He deeked left and went right.

Nestor Fernando Muslera handed his jock to the Peruvian forward Guerrero.

All he had to do was deposit the ball into the back of the net.

Charruas didn’t quit.

Uruguay kept attacking Peru. This forced La Roja to make a mistake, which they paid dearly for, in the 45^th minute.

Luis Suarez took straight to the rack. He rammed this baby through the back of the net.

The second half was a scoreless draw.

Peru and Uruguay tied at one all.

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The Copa America continues play on Monday July 4^th. Mexico will battle Chile.

Uruguay battles Peru.

This will be Mexico’s first major testing outside of their comfort zone.

Mexico has an emerging super star Javier Hernandez.

Chicharito has taken the EPL and now CONCACAF by storm. Let’s see how this cat will perform on a bigger stage against some of the worlds best futebol clubs.

The Chileans made the 2010 World Cup.

Los Roja made it to the quarterfinals.

Peru is not a very good futebol side.

Los Blanquirroja has played in four World Cups since it’s inception in 1930.

Peru has had some success in the Copa America.

Los Blanquirroja has won the Copa America twice in 1939 and 1975.

From 1997-2007 Peru finished fourth in 1997 and in 2001, 2004, 2007 they have made it to the quarterfinals.

Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930. In 1950 the Uruguayans defeated Brasil to win the whole enchelidda.

Uruguay finished fourth in 1954, 1970, and 2010.

In the Copa America, Uruguayans won the Copa America 14 times.

Uruguay won its last crown in 1995.

Argentina has won the 14 times and Brasil has eight titles.

Mexico was runner up twice in 1993 and 2001.

Prior to 1975 only South American countries played in the tourney.

It was called the South American Championship until it was changed to the Copa America in 1975.

Mexico, the USA, Costa Rica, Canada, and Honduras have been invited to play.

Mexico has been playing in the Copa since 1993.

The Mexicans have had some good success in Copa.

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Way to go guys England snatched a sure draw from the jaws of victory against Ghana in an international friendly.

Andy Carroll was told by Fabio Capello dude you gotta curb your drinking. Carroll heeded Capello’s warning and scored Three Lions only goal of the match in the 43^rd minute.

Asamoah Gyan ruined Carroll’s night by scoring the tying goal in the 90^th minute.

Gyan made the entire English “D” look like a bunch of schoolgirls trying to catch Bob Hayes.

This cat faked the Three Lions defenders out of their collective jocks.

I bet my friend Tophatal had a fit when he saw his mates do the choke city in the final moments.

Tophatal is right.

Capello needs to go.

The English “D” especially late in the match looked a step slow.

England also lacks a killer instinct.

The guys didn’t attack when they had the chance. They didn’t finish when Three Lions had the chance.

You saw the result of this folly.

Goal.

Lose your butt in process.

Let’s remember this England didn’t play their top players due having played on Saturday in European qualifying match against Wales.

The truth be told England didn’t look all that impressive against an inferior Welch side.

Chile defeated Colombia 2-0.

Uruguay jumped out to an early 3-1 lead and hung on for a 3-2 win over Ireland.

Uruguay was a semifinalist in the 2010 World Cup.

Ireland played the JV team while Uruguay was stunned by Estonia 1-0 last Friday in the snow.

Gunner and Flamenguista for life.

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This marks the second time in a row Germany has finished third in the World Cup competition.

Germany finished third in 2006 World Cup competition played on German soil.

The Germans defeated Uruguay 3-2.

This was racehorse style futebol.

It was up and down the pitch.

I love this style of futebol.

In hoops terms we call this fast break basketball.

Slam jam thank you in your face dipsy do dunk-a-roo.

Germany drew first blood in the 19^th minute.

Thomas Muller nailed home the board off a long miss in the by mate Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Uruguayan keeper Fernando Muslera blocked the initial shot but the rebound came straight to Muller who nailed the winner.

This was Muller’s fifth goal of the World Cup.

Uruguay found the equalizer in the 28^th minute.

 Edinson Cavani beat the keeper one on one to this baby up at one all.

This was a classic three on two break.

Germany was hung out to dry after a turnover at midfield.

Diego Forlan one timed a perfect pass into the back of the net in the 51^st minute to give Uruguay a 2-1 lead.

Germany not to be denied scored in the 56^th minute.

Keeper Muslera came out to the stop the pass into the box. He completely misplayed the ball this allowed Marcel Jansen a open net to shot. Bingo the baby is tied up at two all.

Germany nailed the match winner in the 82^nd minute off a wild scramble ball off a corner kick.

German Sami Khedira pocked home the header for a 3-2 win.

Forlan had once last chance in the 91^st minute but his free kick from just outside the top of the box went ker plunk off the cross bar.

Game, set, and match to Germany.

This marked the second time Germany beat Uruguay in the third place game.

Pior to 2010 this happened in 1970.

This was the last time Uruguay made to the World Cup semifinals.

A few World Cup notes.

Germany is the first team in World Cup history to finish third for the fourth time.

Let’s hope today’s final will live up to the hype.

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The Dutch have made to the World Cup Finals. This marks the first time the Netherlands have made to the Word Cup Finals since 1978.

The Dutch lost Argentina in the 1978 finals.

Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2.

The Dutch drew first blood when Giovanni Van Bronckhorst nailed a long  range missile in the 18^th minute.

Uruguay tied this baby up one all in the 40^th minute. Forlan hit the sweet spot in the back of the net off a deadly free kick from 25 yards out.

Uruguay put a strong fight against the mighty Dutch for most of the match.

Goals by Wesley Sneijder in the 70^th minute and Arjen Robben in the 73^rd minute broke wide open a one all match.

Sure, Uruguay added a cosmetic goal by Maxi Pereira in the 90^th minute to make it a respectable 3-2.

The Uruguayans had two really good chances in the 93^rd minute but missed it by that much.

The Netherlands has never won the World Cup.

With they finally break into the win column?

We will find out Sunday.

Germany-Spain will be played later today.

This will be a classic.

Germany is going for their fourth World Cup while Spain has never made this far.

The Germans last won the title in 1990.

Spain has lots of talent but nothing to show for it.

Will Cesc Fabregas, Xavi Hernandez, David Villa, and Fernando Torres.

Germany has the pedigree.

Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, and Phillip Lahm will provide lots of trouble for the Spanish.

These two teams met in the European championship.

Spain won.

This will be a classic.

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The 2010 World Cup is almost in the books.

We have a slight break until the semifinals are played on Tuesday and Wednesday.

This World Cup is chalk full of surprises.

Who would thunk it that four South American teams would have made it to the quarterfinals.

The biggest surprise was the ease with which the Germans dismantled Argentina.

Germany flat out took Argentinos to the woodshed.

4-0 was a massacre of enormous proportions.

Maradona was the darling of the press but he can’t coach worth a lick.

Argentina had the best strike force in the world but if the coach doesn’t make adjustments, you lose.

Just ask Maradona.

The Netherlands come from behind win over Brasil.

When Brasil is leading at halftime, they had a perfect record.

Not this time.

Brasil fell apart after scoring the first goal.

This is totally uncharacteristic of Brasil.

The own goal and the leg stomp killed em.

Both sides were chippy from the outset.

Brasil lost its cool.

Brasileiros failed in its first real test.

Dunga won’t be back as manager.

Brasil is at least one player away from being a dominant force in world futebol.

Spain may become the first team to win a World Cup after losing their first match.

Germany-Spain will be a classic.

Talk about classic. How about Spain-Paraguay? Two missed PK’s and the off the left post goal late in the match to send the Spanish to the semifinals.

My hat is off to Paraguay.

Many of the so-called pundits predicated a Spain blowout.

Uruguay is seeking their third World Cup title.

Uruguay hasn’t won the World Cup since 1950.

These are just some of my observations of World Cup.

More to come on Tuesday.

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This is a very sad household today.

Brasil lost to the Netherlands 2-1.

Both my wife and I are very sad after Brasil fell apart in the second half. This is the first time Brasil failed to win after leading at half time in a World Cup match.

Robinho nailed the winner in the 10^th minute to give us a 1-0 lead.

A great pass set this up from Felipe Melo.

Then all hell broke loose.

Brasil fell apart.

Felipe Melo and keeper Julio Cesar had a little mix up. Melo stepped in front of Cesar. The ball bounces off of Melo’s head into the back of the net. It’s tied one all in the 53^rd minute.

This was the match changer.

The Dutch turned up the heat..

Wesley Sneijder nailed a great header in the 68^th minute to send all of Brasil on suicide watch.

Melo freaked and decided to stomp on Netherlands Arlen Robben’s ankle.

This was dumb. It was beyond dumb. It was stupid.

He gets 86^th in the 73^rd minute.

Dutch coach was down right pissed by the Melo’s dirty play. Brasil should ashamed of the way they acted. Apesar de toda a alegria pela classificação às semifinais da Copa do Mundo, o técnico holandês Bert van Marwijk teve motivos para se irritar após a vitória sobre o Brasil, nesta sexta-feira, por 2 a 1, em Porto Elizabeth. O treinador criticou o volante Felipe Melo, que foi expulso de forma direta ao pisar no atacante Arjen Robben.

Acabei de ver a falta cometida contra o Robben. Ele (Felipe Melo) deveria olhar de novo a imagem e sentir vergonha da falta cometida. Se pensarmos friamente, deveria estar envergonhado pelo futebol brasileiro – disse, contrariando com a declaração do volante brasileiro. Felipe Melo afirmou após o jogo não ter visto maldade no lance. O volante brasileiro achou o cartão vermelho injusto.

Kiss the ball game bye-bye.

Cooler heads should have prevailed but this is the South American way. Fall behind. Lose your cool.

Voce vai.

The entire nation wants to fix the blame on Dunga.

Yes, he is the coach but this team played better than the 2006 fat out of shape stars.

You can say what you want but it is easy to win as a front-runner but the real test is when a team falls behind and has to crawl back and win.

This takes heart.

Maybe Brasil doesn’t have the heart to do this.

This loss shocked the entire Brasileiro nation.

Julio Cesar spoke about the loss. He was very sad.

É um resultado que ninguém esperava. Sempre citamos que o grupo estava bastante confiante naquilo que vinha fazendo ao longo de três anos e meio, unido. Mas o futebol tem dessas coisas, o mundo não acaba (pausa). Acho que no futebol são 11 contra 11, e no segundo tempo eles mereceram o resultado –-disse, em entrevista à TV Globo.

 Netherlands showed heart by hanging in there until Brasil made a mistake. The Dutch came back and won. This takes a ton of heart.

UOL wrote that Brasil failed in its first real test in the World Cup. Brasileiros looked good against inferior teams but when they came up against a top team they failed.

Com o setor de criação dependente da recuperação de Kaká, a seleção brasileira tinha entre seus apostadores mais crentes a convicção de que a capacidade da defesa levaria a equipe até o fim na Copa. No entanto, a linha de trás mais badalada do Mundial fracassou em seu primeiro teste real no torneio, na derrota para a Holanda por 2 a 1, com erros incomuns na trajetória até a África do Sul.

Depois de testes menos exigentes nos quatro jogos anteriores da Copa, a seleção mostrou contra a Holanda vulnerabilidades que não se esperava de uma equipe que transmitia tanta solidez ao se defender. Falhas na bola aérea, equívocos de posicionamento, erros individuais em saída de bola e descontrole emocional pontuaram o revés em Port Elizabeth.

Uruguay showed lots of heart by falling behind 1-0 to Ghana.

There was no quit in this dog.

Forlan nailed a perfect free kick from 25 yards out in the 55^th minute to tie this sucker up at one all.

Then Luis Suarez swept away a shot on goal in the 120^th minute.

Suarez was given the heave-hoe.

Gyan did a choke city. Gyan hit the cross bar. Ker plunk baby. Choke collar time.

Uruguay went on to win in a PK shoot out 4-2.

Next up for Uruguay is the Netherlands in the semi-finals.

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What am I going to do with myself?

There is no World Cup futebol to watch on the tube. But cheer up folks Friday is just around the corner. Brasil battles the Netherlands and Uruguay has a hot date with Ghana.

The big question is this. Are you surprised by the results so far?

Yes and no.

I have been stating that Brasil and Argentina are the best teams in the world. Spain and the Netherlands are a close second.

What surprised me was the crappy play of England, France, and defending chump I mean champ Italy.

I loved it seeing the cheating French getting their asses handed to them.

I love it when Italy didn’t make out of the group stage too.

Paraguay took it to them. 

How about the strong showing of the South American teams?

No.

I have been a student of South American futebol for fifteen years.

Everyone knows that Brasil and Argentina are the class of South American futebol.

Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay have been making great strides over the years.

Paraguay and Ecuador played in the 2006 World Cup along with Argentina and Brasil.

Only Brasil and Argentina made it to the knockout stage of the 2006 World Cup.

Both Brasil and Argentina were knocked out in the quarterfinals.

 South American club teams have been serving as feeder systems for the top-flight leagues in Europe since 2005.

Manchester United’s Sir Alex and Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger have been combing Brasil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay for the past seven years searching for the best younger futebolers.  

Another key is the strength and quality of play in the Copa Libertadores.

The winner of the Copa has given the Champions League titleholder fits in the FIFA World Cup Club futebol championship held every December.

Barcelona needed a late second half goal to send the match with Argentinean side Estudiantes into extra time.

Barcelona needed 120 minutes to beat Estudiantes 2-1 to win the 2009 FIFA World Cup Title championship game.

South American futebol is for real folks.

Four South American sides are in the quarterfinals.

If things work out it could be an all South American semifinals and finals.

Take heed folks futebol in South American is stronger than European futebol.

Trust me on this.

Look for a Brasil-Argentina final.

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