The World Cup is drawing to a close after nearly one month of shocking upsets, tremendous finishes and breathtaking moments. And on Sunday, Germany take on Argentina for all the marbles, after demolishing host country Brazil, 7-1. We’re lucky to be treated to a matchup featuring two countries with superstar players that are no strangers […]

The World Cup Final is upon us, but before a champion is named in the Maracana on Sunday it’s time for us to look back at the history of the game to end all games.  The World Cup Final is the single most important game on the sporting calendar and each one tells a different […]

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 Brazil vs Germany may be drawing all the headlines with the host nation undergoing a national state of emergency thanks to Neymar’s injury, the “other” semifinal is equally as enthralling. Argentina and the Netherlands have a World Cup history of their own as both semifinal matchups in 2014 are rematches of World Cup Finals. […]

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 […]

The FIFA rankings won’t be officially updated until after the World Cup but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun and figure out who currently is the best team in the world (according to FIFA). 1) Argentina – 1647 points currently – 1175 points before World Cup – 5th before WC 2) Germany […]

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 […]

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 […]

Coming into the 2014 World Cup, the biggest question would be which world-renowned star finally grabbed hold of the brass ring on the biggest stage in soccer. Would it be the best player in the world – Lionel Messi.  A player who has set records for Barcelona, yet failed to produce his absolute best for […]

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 […]