They heard about people back home watching during their lunch breaks, streaming on office computers or playing hooky with fellow fans. And then, as the bus pulled away from the hotel Thursday, the U.S. World Cup team was struck with an unusual sight. Hundreds, maybe thousands of fans in red, white and blue, walking for […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column Young, old and in between, these players are having a ball As the tumultuous World Cup soccer tournament reaches the Round of 16, the most popular world-wide sport continues to make giant inroads among youth leagues throughout the states. Youth soccer, by most accounts, is gaining more players than in any other […]
Rockland opens 7-game home stand with salute to troops Following a 10-game road trip through the American Association, the Rockland Boulders return home on Fri., June 27 with the first of seven games in eight nights. The team’s return to Provident Bank Park is also Military/Veterans Appreciation Night where Rockland will pay tribute to all our service […]
(CNN) — Luis Suarez may have bitten off more than he can chew this time. Already banned twice in his career for biting an opponent, the Uruguay striker was seemingly at it again in his country’s key World Cup victory over Italy. Just before Uruguay’s winning goal, the striker was embroiled in an off the ball […]
Colombia won Group C at the World Cup today and advanced to the knockout stage along with second-place Greece. The Greeks defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 on a stoppage time penalty kick that put them through for the first time in history.
So close … The United States came within 30 seconds of victory Sunday, about to enter the World Cup’s round of 16, about to overcome history and sweltering heat in a come-from-behind win. But then Silvestre Varela erased America’s storybook win, finding the back of the net in the fifth minute of stoppage time to give […]