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2010 World Cup Recap: June 22
Group A Games: Uruguay 1 Mexico 0 Luis Suarez’s lone goal of the match lifted Uruguay to a 1-0 win over Mexico; Suarez scored his goal in the 43rd minute after receiving a centering pass from Edinson Cavani. Uruguay won Group A and has advanced to the Round of 16, something the country hasn’t done since 1990. Despite the loss, …
by Derek Johnson on June 22nd, 2010 1 Comments »
2010 World Cup Scenarios and Standings After Two Games Of Group Play
Group A Standings: Uruguay: 1-1-0 (4 points) Mexico: 1-1-0 (4 points) France: 0-1-1 (1 point) South Africa: 0-1-1 (1 point) Uruguay can advance to the knockout stage if: 1) Win/Tie against Mexico* 2) Loss against Mexico and France/South Africa draw 3) Loss provided that the France/South Africa winner does NOT own tiebreakers Mexico can advance if: 1) Win against Uruguay* …
by Derek Johnson on June 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 17
Argentina 4 South Korea 1 Gonzalo Higuain’s hat trick propelled Argentina to a 4-1 victory over South Korea, who fell to 1-0-1 in group play. Argentina scored the first goal of the game in the 17th minute when Lionel Messi deflected a free kick off Park Chu-young and into the South Korean net; Park was issued the own goal. Higuain …
by Derek Johnson on June 17th, 2010 Leave a comment »
2010 World Cup Recap: June 12
England 1 United States 1 Seems like every time the United States play in a 1-1 tie against a European country in the World Cup, the Americans always score fluky goals. In the 2006 World Cup, the United States scored a goal on a Cristian Zaccardo own goal in a game against Italy; that game ended in a 1-1 draw. …
by Derek Johnson on June 13th, 2010 Leave a comment »