World Cup Day 2: The Rain, Spain, Pain and Solid Game

If you're a World Cup newcomer, or a skeptical holdout looking for reasons to jump into this tournament the rest of the world seems to be embracing, you're in luck. Friday offered a trio of highly entertaining games with goals aplenty, several more outrageous referee calls, and one of history's greatest upsets. It was the World Cup equivalent of a welcome mat

The roster began with Spain versus Cameroon, in the driving rain of Natal — a foreshadowing of what is to come in this tropical climate. This was World Cup as water sport. We were treated to the sight of world-class players charging around in soaked-through kits, often unable to connect to the ball on a pitch that acted as a slip and slide Read more...