We roundup coverage of Wednesday’s historic victory for the US, have a grab bag of other World Cup news and more.
Daily news roundups
Daily news round up
New midfield for Algerian game, England fan tells team of woeful performance, vuvuzela whining increasingly sounds like vuvuzelas, Hand of God Day!
USA vs. Team Peanuts previews, Tim Howard interviews
USA vs. Slovenia previews, England vs. Algeria previews, Tim Howard interviews, and apparently the French aren’t very good when they can’t use their hands.
More delicious World Cup news
The Slovenians talk smack, causing Tim Howard to chuckle. Findley on playing against guys he watches on TV and Onyewu on his popularity in South Africa. Why the TV ratings for the World Cup are so good, why soccer is here to stay, and why Glenn Beck can shut up. Reaction to Spain’s defeat, other WC tidbits, video of North Korea’s 1-0 victory over Brazil and some local news to boot.
WC round-up, USA-England in LEGOs, more…
Defenders: 6 goals
Midfielders: 12 goals
Strikers: 5 goals (1 PK, 3 German)
Come on down, Mr. Vittek. You are the only striker to score an open field goal against a non-Australian defense.
Supercalifragilisticexpiali-SUCK IT ENGLAND!
Ratings numbers are in for the USA v England match and they are huge with ratings up significantly so far compared to the 2006 World Cup. The salary figures for the Union have been released, PPL Park is getting rave reviews, the Independence have been picked up by Comcast and more morning news.