It seemed as routine as a quarter final can be.  It was just another day at the office for Germany, who is more than accustomed to playing in this stage of a World Cup.  The Germans faced France, Friday in Maracana Stadium for the opportunity to advance...

The favorite has struggled in every match of the round of 16 and the trend continued in Salvador as the United States and Belgium had to play beyond 90 minutes to decide who would advance into the quarterfinals. The game began negatively for the Americans,...

It is not a surprise that we have witnessed another exciting match extended into extra time in this 2014 World Cup Round of 16. It’s also not a surprise that Switzerland had a tough time attacking against the Argentine defense.  But it was more of...

The country of Brazil hosted another tense match in the World Cup round of 16. It was the world class Germans facing the hard-nosed Algerians. This battle was a very intense and even went into extra time, as both teams were scoreless. But, it was Germans...

Another tight and competitive match in this World Cup ends with talk of controversy directed towards a decision made by a referee.  France scored twice in the second half and defeated a tough Nigerian squad that seemed to fade in the final stretch of...

  The city of Recife, Brazil hosted an  underrated matchup in the round of 16. Two dark horses fought for their spot in a quarterfinal match up against the Netherlands, Costa Rica and Greece. Nobody would have thought that this match was going...

For more than 85 minutes Mexico flirted and with the chance of achieving a historical World Cup result. Unfortunatley for Mexico, the Netherlands came back in thrilling fashion to score twice in a span of five minutes, in their round of 16 match in Fortaleza. Mexico,...

As expected, a Suarez-less Uruguay faced many problems against a tough Colombian squad. Uruguay was not the same team we saw in the group stage. It was obviously a strong blow for the Uruguayan squad as Suarez was just recently suspended for 9 months...

There are not enough adjectives to describe what took place in Bello Horizonte as the knockout stages of Brazil 2014 got under way.  90 minutes were not enough, 30 extra minutes were not enough and we were provided with the first penalty shootout of...