Uruguay Moves Past South Korea to the Quarter Finals

June 28, 2010

Uruguay will be advancing on to the Quarter Finals of the 2010 World Cup after defeating South Korea in their Round of 16 match. The match ended with Uruguay ahead 2-1, thanks to both an early and a late goal both scored by Forward Luis Suarez. Suarez is now the leading goal scorer for Uruguay, [...]

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Uruguay Moves Past South Korea to the Quarter Finals

June 28, 2010

Uruguay will be advancing on to the Quarter Finals of the 2010 World Cup after defeating South Korea in their Round of 16 match. The match ended with Uruguay ahead 2-1, thanks to both an early and a late goal both scored by Forward Luis Suarez. Suarez is now the leading goal scorer for Uruguay, [...]

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Chile Breaks Swiss Streak

June 21, 2010

Despite their overwhelming domination of the game, Chile walked away from their match with Switzerland with just a 1-0 win. Chile had four times more shots than the Swiss, the Swiss were forced to make five saves while Chile didn’t have to make one, and Chile had 40% more possession time. Chile Scored with Switzerland [...]

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Portugal Unleashes on North Korea

June 21, 2010

Today, Portugal tallied up the largest World Cup score since 2002. In their match against North Korea, Portugal scored seven goals. The game had started out looking like a fairly even match with North Korea even getting some dangerous looks on goal, but that was soon to change. Portugal’s scoring frenzy started in the 29th [...]

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World Cup History For Greece

June 18, 2010

Few expected Greece to walk away from their match with Nigeria with a “W”. Delivering Nigeria with its second loss with a 2-1 victory, this was Greece’s first win and first goals of the 2010 World Cup. Early in the game Nigeria put  one away on a free kick to take a lead over Greece, [...]

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Mexico Takes Down France in Game #2

June 18, 2010

In an upset, France fell to the underdog Mexico, losing 2 to 0. Mexico has never beat France before and has never beat a former World Cup Champion. Scoring for Mexico was Javier Hernandez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Not only did Mexico boast strong players on the field, but each of the three subs that came [...]

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World Cup Updates for June 15!

June 15, 2010

Group F
Slovakia vs. New Zealand (1-1) June 15, 2010
An exciting game came to a close after Winston Reid of New Zealand scored the biggest goal of his life.  The goal that lead to a 1-1 draw came during stoppage time and gave New Zealand their first point in the 2010 World Cup.  Reid ripped off [...]

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June 14: World Cup Recap!

June 14, 2010

Group E
Netherlands vs. Denmark (1-0) June 14, 2010
It was all the efforts in the second half that gave Netherlands the victory over the Danes.  A Daniel Agger own goal and Dirk Kuyt’s late goal sealed the win late for the Netherlands.  Simon Poulsen, attempting to clear the ball, headed across goal but unfortunately the ball [...]

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World Cup Updates!

June 13, 2010

Group C
Slovenia vs. Algeria (1-0) June 13, 2010
A late goal in the 79th minute by Rober Koren of Slovenia gave them the victory over Algeria in their opening match.  This was their first ever World Cup win and will gladly take the top spot in Group C as well.  A hard fought battle between the [...]

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June 12 World Cup Summary!

June 12, 2010

Group B
Argentina vs. Nigeria (1-0) June 12, 2010
An exciting early goal in the 6th minute of play by  Heinze of Argentina was all they needed to secure a victory over Nigeria.  Argentina dominated with 24 total shots compared to Nigeria’s 11.  Nigeria only managed one shot on goal.  Possession time also played a key role [...]

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