John Brooks' goal against Ghana on Monday in the 2014 FIFA World Cup was only the latest of several iconic moments in Team USA's World Cup-related history. Latin Post.com looks at some of the biggest goals and moments for Team USA in the modern era of World Cup action.
Univisión' may be up for sale. As rumor has it, Univisión's private equity owners have been in talks with numerous major media companies, such as CBS Corp. and Time Warner, to sell for more than $20 billion.
The first team to win three straight major tournaments. The first European side to win the World Cup outside of Europe. One of just three World Cup Champions to not concede more than two goals in a tournament. A run of 10 knockout games without conceding a goal. The lowest scoring World Cup champion ever. Six unprecedented years of success.
The title defense is over. For the first time in history, the World Cup champion has been eliminated after two games. Spain's 2-0 loss to Chile offered a number of insights on the former champs. Here are some of them.
Sunday's World Cup match between France and Honduras marked a milestone in soccer history: it was the first time that technology helped determine a goal. Despite some confusion on the broadcasting end, the event helped prove that goal-line technology could become a soccer staple in the future.
World famous hacker group Anonymous made a promise earlier this year: it would disrupt the World Cup through #OpHackingCup. We're now almost one week into the tournament. Let's take a look at how much damage Anonymous has wrought.
Mexico and Brazil played to an exhilarating 0-0 draw that kept both sides at the top of Group A and moved them closer to the knockout rounds. Here are some observations of arguably the best game in the tournament to date.
If you're in Rio catching the FIFA World Cup 2014, you might see some futuristic looking riot police clad in black armor resembling the titular character from the RoboCop reboot, along with gas masks that look like Darth Vader. That's just a sample of the massive buildup of 21st century military tech meant to secure visitors and "pacify" impoverished Brazilians, fed up with the country's massive spending on international sporting events.
The international soccer tournament is underway in Brazil, but one major U.S. mobile carrier brought the "ultimate soccer experience" to New York City.
It's no secret that Russia and South Korea have never really had the best relationship. These two countries will take to the field in their first game in Brazil in their quest for a World Cup Championship. Both teams feature head coaches with much World Cup experience.
Portugal got off to a woeful start in its World Cup campaign as it was ripped apart 4-0 by Germany. The game was one of the most hotly anticipated of the tournament and wound up falling flat after 45 minutes. Here are some things we learned.
With the 2014 World Cup underway, it's the perfect time to kick off El Rey Network's next original show, "Matador," follows popular soccer star Tony "Matador" Bravo, played by Gabriel Luna. Matador has stellar moves on and off the field and is a skilled covert operative executing missions for the CIA.
On June 12, the FIFA 2014 World Cup Opening Ceremony began with the sights and the sounds of the Brazilian Amazon — from dancing, human raindrops, trees and acrobatic lilies to human soccer balls. And after the sounds of rainfall and thunder dissipated, Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, Puerto Rican Bronx, New York native Jennifer Lopez and Brazilian singer and "Voice" judge Claudia Leitte, emerged from a giant flower and performed "We Are One," (Ole Ola).
"Los Catrachos" of Honduras is making its third World Cup appearance and is seeking to earn its first ever win in the tournament after going scoreless in the 2010 South Africa World Cup.
The World Cup, which kicked off this Thursday, is expected to be the most social media-intensive event in history. Already, in the year leading up to the world's biggest single-sport event, the phrase "World Cup" has outpaced other big sporting events in social media mentions. Here's how Twitter, Facebook and others have prepared and how they hope to capitalize on the World Cup.
