Olympics (Women): Colombia 2, United States 2
The United States dominated their final group stage game with a substantially rotated squad, but errors by Megan Rapinoe and Hope Solo allowed Colombia to tie. In all likelihood, the […]
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Olympics (Men): Game 3 Preview
With the Premier League season starting this weekend, it’s hard to spare much energy for a glorified U-23 tournament. But if you’re feeling Olympic enough to watch men’s football tomorrow, […]
Olympics (Women): United States 1, France 0
The United States qualified for the knock-out rounds by defeating a French side that were the better team for most of the game. Even so, it was an impressive win […]
Olympics (Women): Day One Round-Up
Heading into Day Two of the preliminary group stage of the Women’s Olympic tournament, here’s a quick round-up of what you missed on Day One. Sweden 1 – South Africa […]
Olympics (Women): United States 2, New Zealand 0
The United States were impressive in defeating a solid New Zealand team, living up to the claims that this is a stronger side than last year’s World Cup winners. The […]
Euro 2016: Germany 0 – France 2
A deserved penalty gave France an undeserved lead, and they held on to overcome Germany in the game of the tournament. Despite missing key players, Germany were definitely unfortunate not to […]
Euro 2016: France 5 – Iceland 2
France won this game in the first half, but no one told Iceland, who went on to “win” the second half in a fitting finish to their historic run. For the fifth straight […]
Euro 2016: Germany 1 – Italy 1 (6-5 SO)
A substantially weakened Italy pushed Germany a full 120 minutes, after which the Germans managed, as the British say, to just about win a penalty shoot-out. While Italy retained the […]
Copa America: United States 4, Costa Rica 0
The United States put themselves in a solid position to advance from Group A with their largest-ever victory against Costa Rica. If you want to read a story about how the […]
Copa America: Mexico 3, Uruguay 1
The real home team in the Copa America Centenario opened with a win in the tournament’s most exciting game thus far. Though each group’s anticipated leaders faced off in the opening round, […]
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