Sunday’s matches weren’t supposed to happen. None of the four teams playing was given even a 50 percent chance of reaching the knockout stage by ESPN’s Soccer Power Index-backed model at the start of the tournament. Now two will reach the quarterfinal and one will play a semifinal. Netherlands vs. Mexico: 12 p.m. EDT Costa Rica vs. […]
Sunday’s matches weren’t supposed to happen. None of the four teams playing was given even a 50 percent chance of reaching the knockout stage by ESPN’s Soccer Power Index-backed model at the start of the tournament. Now two will reach the quarterfinal and one will play a semifinal. Netherlands vs. Mexico: 12 p.m. EDT Costa Rica vs. […]
The World Cup’s knockout stage begins Saturday, with both matchups pitting South American teams against each other. Lose and they’re gone. Brazil vs. Chile 12 p.m. EDT Colombia vs. Uruguay 4 p.m. EDT IN BRIEF See our World Cup predictions for the latest probabilities. IN DEPTH Uruguay must face Colombia without striker Luis Suárez, who has been […]
The World Cup’s knockout stage begins Saturday, with both matchups pitting South American teams against each other. Lose and they’re gone. Brazil vs. Chile 12 p.m. EDT Colombia vs. Uruguay 4 p.m. EDT IN BRIEF See our World Cup predictions for the latest probabilities. IN DEPTH Uruguay must face Colombia without striker Luis Suárez, who has been […]
As if you needed any data to tell you why you should watch Thursday’s U.S. vs. Germany game (and the Portugal vs. Ghana match, if you’ve got a split-screen setup), but we’re going to give it to you anyway. U.S. vs. Germany 12 p.m. EDT Portugal vs. Ghana 12 p.m. EDT Algeria vs. Russia 4 […]
