I’m guessing Argentina and Bosnia are likely to go through. Share your thoughts!
Sports
The cult of the referee
Tissue Thin Pseudonym raises a very good point in the Group D 3rd game thread: Watching these games I keep thinking that soccer badly needs a second referee on the pitch. There’s just too much space for one guy to cover and watch. There was all sorts of whining from traditionalists when hockey started using …
Group C Third Game Open Thread
I’m guessing the Cafeteros and the Elephants go through. What do you all think?
Group D Third Game Open Thread
Who goes through? I’m guessing Italy and Costa Rica.
Open Thread: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Spenser Hall, at SB Nation: … From one perspective, the United States lost a win last night, coughing up a late goal off a schoolboy blunder in the final splinters of a match the USMNT had won via a courageous comeback. Soccer and hockey both call this bug a feature: the capacity to hide hot, …
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Group A Game Three Open Thread
Will the hosts win the group? Will El Tri or Croatia move on?
Group B Game Three Open Thread
Can the Dutch seal the group against Chile? Can either Spain or Australia redeem itself?