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The World Cup just made history and here’s why

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Art by Sacha Irick It was a trying journey from the moment FIFA drew the initial World Cup brackets and announced that my dear home nation was in group D — the death group — along with Italy, Uruguay and the UK. People on social networks were not shy about making jokes and mocking the […]

Saved by a Miracle

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World Cup-related hashtags were all over Twitter on Oct. 15 when, after scoring a goal against Panama, the United States changed the group score charts. As Panama fell to fifth place, Mexico was automatically bumped up to fourth, which meant they could go to playoffs and get one last chance to qualify for the World […]

Soccer to set world ablaze

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Art by Sacha Irick Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series assessing the 2014 World Cup On Dec. 6, 2013, the fates of the 32 nations participating in the most prestigious football tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, were revealed. The World Cup Final Draw took place in Costa do Sauipe, an […]

The other side of the soccer ball

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Art by Sacha Irick Editor’s note: this is part two of our series assessing the 2014 World Cup draw On Dec. 6, 2013, the fates of the 32 nations participating in the most prestigious football tournament, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, were revealed. The World Cup Final Draw took place in Costa do Sauipe, an […]

Football (soccer): Where the US isn’t No. 1

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Last Tuesday, Latin American Viners living in the United States invaded my newsfeed with short, six second clips of their lonely soccer celebrations throughout the day. A fellow Costa Rican reached nearly 3,000 likes overnight with a Vine he titled, “I’m in the US,” in which he records himself for the first half of the […]