Most of the talk about the World Cup has to do with the games and players. You’ve probably heard all of the same talking points bandied about – can the US escape the Group of Death? Will Diego Costa play for Spain? Will Brazil be able to bring home the trophy on home soil? And […]

Sometimes saying goodbye is the hardest thing to do—and when it happens in a shocking fashion, the reaction can be visceral to say the least. After all, who wants to say goodbye to the best player your team may have ever seen? When Jurgen Klinsmann pulled the band-aid off and let Landon Donovan go, the […]

Match fixing in soccer is a serious, widespread concern for the sport.  And with World Cup teams playing meaningless friendlies against teams not competing in Brazil, it presents opportunities that are ripe for the picking for fixing the outcome. The Scotland-Nigeria friendly played at London’s Craven Cottage was “red flagged” according to The Scotsman because […]

Soccer is much different than the other major American sports because the jerseys are always being tinkered with each and every year with new features and new designs.  Could you imagine adding a dash of black to the Green Bay Packers or a hint of blue with the Boston Red Sox?  What it allows for […]

It’s not advisable to draw any grand conclusions from the first round of friendlies leading up to the World Cup.  Teams are paring down their squads to the final 23 man list and the competition is akin to what you’d see when Alabama schedules Georgia Southern.  These first games especially are “friendly” in the loosest […]

I think World Cup fever in England has jumped the shark. Stephen Hawking, yes, THAT Stephen Hawking, has used his insane mental acumen to determine how England can win the World Cup. Over at Paddy Power, Hawking has studied every World Cup match since England’s win in 1966 and come up with some incredible calculations […]

It took awhile, but the United States took care of business in a 2-0 win over Azerbaijan at Candlestick Park on Tuesday night. While the result was nice to see, and a draw or loss would’ve sent USA fans into a panic, there were more important things than the result. First off, don’t forget that […]

With the 2014 World Cup set to kick off in just over two weeks’ time, we’ve analyzed and power-ranked the teams from top to bottom—for your reading pleasure. 1) Brazil Brazil has a long history of success in the tournament. They’re the only country to have played in every World Cup, and they’ve hoisted the […]

Brazil, the name is synonymous with excellence in international soccer. It also happens to be the host of the 2014 World Cup, and by the looks of the 32 teams that have qualified we all could be in for one heck of a tournament. Why? Well, just one of the 32 national teams is making […]

The World Cup hasn’t even arrived yet, and FIFA is already making themselves look bad – they’re filing DMCA complaints about Twitter users who have the World Cup logo as their avatar. The complaints were found by Chilling Effects, which is a site maintained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and numerous universities throughout the countries. […]

It’s no surprise that the channel that produced the legendary “This is SportsCenter” series of 30 seconds commercials knows what it’s doing in the advertising department.  ESPN’s world soccer coverage is one of the best things the network does and the World Cup is the pinnacle of everything that the self-proclaimed worldwide leader does right. […]

On June 12th, 32 countries with fans waving 32 different flags will commence the greatest tournament in sports. We at 32 Flags will aim to provide you thorough coverage of the world’s biggest sporting event. I’m Matt Yoder from Awful Announcing and I’ll be just one of the soccer fans and sportswriters part of the […]