It took just 11 minutes for Germany to open its account against host Brazil in Belo Horizonte, but few could’ve known it was just the beginning of the European side completely embarrassing the five-time World Cup champions. In the end, the 6-0 scoreline was Brazil’s worst defeat for 94 years — that’s how bad things […]

While Costa Rica and Belgium were nice stories, the World Cup has narrowed down to the final four and the cream has risen to the top. After all, getting Argentina, Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands in to the semifinals pretty much reads like a who’s who of international soccer. That also means some very juicy […]

Brazil won 2-0 over South American rival Colombia on Friday, advancing to the semifinals of the World Cup for the first time since winning it in 2002. However, the party was put on hold across the host nation as everyone bore witness to star forward Neymar go down late in the win. What was at […]

The hurt, the agony and the disappointment of being just this close in the round of 16 has begun to subside and it has me thinking ahead. After all, there were a lot of positives to take away from the 2014 World Cup performance for the United States. Whether it was Jermaine Jones emerging as […]

OK England, we get it…you invented the sport we all love, your top league is the most popular in the world and you think its your birth right to win the World Cup. Too bad all of that hasn’t translated in to anything of note over the past decade or two on the international soccer […]

Luis Suarez’s penchant for human flesh is well documented, but since being caught biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay’s 1-0 win over the Azzurri he wasn’t much for apologies. That changed on Monday as the player finally issued a public apology. Wait, we thought you just “lost your balance” there Mr. Suarez. If that’s the […]

The group stage is over and Friday gives us World Cup fanatics a chance to breathe before taking our breaths away for the next few weeks once again. Speaking of breathtaking, this World Cup has been full of such moments from the opening game right through to the dramatic Group H games to end the […]

After the thrill of beating the United States’ bogeyman, Ghana, in the opening match of Group G it’s been all downhill on the results mountain—at least that will be the narrative of some following another bitterly contested match for the USMNT. Yes, a 1-0 loss in the final group game isn’t exactly how you wanted […]

The world of pay at the international level is a topic that isn’t often covered, but is often a source of contention for players and FIFA alike. No other continent may be more prone to irregularities than that of Africa, and it nearly reared its ugly head at the 2014 World Cup. However, according to […]

FIFA has come under major scrutiny for many off the field transgressions as of late, and on Tuesday it was presented with its greatest challenge on the field of play at the 2014 World Cup. The world governing body must now deal with the firestorm of allegations that Uruguay’s star forward, Luis Suarez, bit Italian […]

Throughout the World Cup, we at 32 Flags will be giving you a complete recap of the action at the end of the day in our World Cup Roundup.  Not only will we run down the biggest winners and losers, but the highlights and most talked about moments of each day and a look ahead […]