World Cup 2006: Ecuador v. Costa Rica

The Ticos of Costa Rica went down 4-2 to Germany in the opening game while Ecuador shocked Poland 2-0. With yesterday’s German victory, both teams need the points available here to insure they advance to the second round. An Ecuador victory eliminates Poland and...

World Cup 2006: Germany v. Poland

Poor Poland. Is there another team besides the US for whom high World Cup expectations were so cruelly dashed on the rocks of reality? The Polish national anthem, “Blitzkrieg Us No More, Please” plays while players mouth the words and hope the German side...

World Cup 2006: Tunisia v. Saudi Arabia

Seeing as how almost all the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis, I hope I’ll be excused for hoping Tunisia kicks their soccer team up a tree. President Bush’s bizarre and unfounded claims of Bin Laden terrorist links may not have made sense speaking about Iraq,...

World Cup 2006: Spain v. Ukraine

Can the always talented and perpetually underachieving Spanish change their World Cup luck this time around? With a group that includes the likes of Saudia Arabia, Ukraine, and Tunisia, you’d hope so. If they can’t beat these guys, they’re doomed....

World Cup 2006: Brazil v. Croatia

Ok, sorry sports fans, I’m gonna watch and not blog this one. Truth be told I enjoy watching Brazil so much that I may not blog any of their games so that I can just take it all in. Final 1-0 to Brazil in a game that saw Croatia with some good chances. Once...