With two counterattacking teams facing off, expect a cagey start in USA v Ghana. But with both teams needing the win, the fireworks might start late.
World Cup
2013: Tough to match this year for American soccer
2013 was a banner year for American soccer in many ways. Can 2014 match it? PSP’s Earl Reed considers.
So, about that World Cup draw…
The US national team drew the ultimate Group of Death in the World Cup. Some say it’s the toughest group ever in a World Cup. PSP’s Jeremy Lane examines the group and notes it just might be possible for the US to make it out of this group.
Preview: USA v. Antigua & Barbuda
The final score may be hard to predict but expect a physical game.
In the books: The Ten Shirt
The PSP reviews “The Ten Shirt,” a novel that imagines an alternate reality in which the US is in the 1982 World Cup final.
Notes from Philly’s official World Cup bid viewing party
PSP was at Tir na nOg to see a vast outpouring of soccer support turn into dejection, disbelief and then … the realization that we don’t need the damn World Cup anyway.