South African writer Ivan Vladislavic talks with PSP about the ground level impact of the World Cup on the country’s people and how building soccer stadiums may or may not impact the lives of South Africans, with a few parallels to Philadelphia Union’s new digs in Chester.
German guns are silenced as patient Spain makes history.
La Roja make it a close one as Paraguay goes down in a blaze of glory.
The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has suspended the national soccer team for two years as punishment for their dismal performance.
David Villa nets #4 as Portugal gets a ticket home.
David Villa finds the net as Spain thumps Honduras to put the loss against Switzerland into the memory bin.
Seven is not often a number that shows up in score lines, especially World Cup score lines. Welcome to the World Cup, North Korea.
Koman Coulibaly, the match official for the USA v Slovenia match, will face an expedited performance review on Saturday and may be excluded from participating in the rest of the World Cup.
La Furia Roja didn’t take their opponents seriously enough, and a blind squirrel of a team found an historic nut.
The battle for second was cagey, yet entertaining.
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