Germany vs. Portugal Ostensibly I hate both of these teams but if I had to choose which team to hate, I’d choose Portugal. Both of these teams are part of the United States’s “group of death” so I was just happy that neither was playing…

This was the first day for games in Group E and the first time I heard the phrase “group of life”. How insulting is that? I can understand “group of death”. You’re saying that these teams are all so good that only two can make…

That one hurt. I should have kept my damn mouth shut. Anybody but Luis Suarez. It was like I was directly tempting the fates. Sterling was handled quite well by Uruguay. Wellbeck and Sturridge were ineffective. When England went forward, I didn’t sense any danger…

Let me be clear: I love to hate Christiano Ronaldo but I hate Luis Suarez. This is all that is on my mind before today’s game. God, I hate that guy. I’ve hated him from the start and by “the start” I mean the Uruguay…

Columbia vs. Greece Okay, so, this is the first game I can honestly say I don’t really remember. There are a lot of games in the group stages but I watched it! I think I deserve credit for watching it! Columbia won. Let’s move on….

Cameroon vs. Mexico I’ve always had a soft spot for Cameroon. They were a standout from Italia ’90. I honestly don’t even remember watching them but I know that they’re good. And I can see how Benoit Assou-Ekotto will do. He was one of my…

The World Cup crept up slowly. It perpetually seemed like it was months away. Then I started noticing that every bar on 5th avenue in Park Slope had suddenly christened itself an official World Cup viewing bar. World Cup guides started appearing in my facebook…