Brazil is a scary, scary team. In the 2014 World Cup, Brazil was in an awkward transition stage where the lost/disgraceful generation of Brazilian players stepped down for the new era of players to take over. Most notably, despite being 22 years old, Brazil became Neymar’s team. This in itself
World Cup Previews
2018 World Cup Team Preview – Nigeria
A random phone rings in a famous building... White House Operator: Uh, hello? Mysterious Sexy-Voiced Protagonist: Yes, hello...I'm calling from Door Flies Open and looking to get some information on a foreign country. With whom am I speaking? White House Operator: This is Ivanka. MSVP (who is now obviously DFO): Wow, didn't expect that. Why
World Cup 2018 Croatia Preview: It feels a little like ’98
It seems like yesterday when I was a kid watching Croatia make their World Cup debut in 1998. I remember thinking their checkered jerseys were cool. Combine those sweet uniforms with Davor Šuker's cheeky skills and I was rooting for Croatia during their magical 3rd place finish. I think there is a great
World Cup 2018 Peru Preview: Cocaine is a hell of a drug
Coupe du monde de football. Vive La France.
World Cup 2018 Team Preview – Denmark
As I'm typing this, a delicious slice of Danish kringle is settling in my stomach. The Danish kringle is the State Dessert of Wisconsin, don'tchaknow? How is that possible? Also, how is it that couples all across Los Angeles go to Solvang as their weekend-getaway/let's go bang for the weekend and see
2018 World Cup Team Preview – Australia
2018 World Cup Preview: The Uruguay Way
The Uruguay bullet points are: being a tiny nation nuts about fútbol, and a team that features a biter. All are true, as the English press and other haytahs will remind us with evergreen hackery. Just know that the history of fútbol cannot be written without Uruguay. The English Football Association
World Cup 2018 Team Preview: Iran (So Far)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoS8DrrlnTQ Welcome to another DFO World Cup preview. Today we'll be looking at the Iranian team. They are known as "Team Melli," which means "The National Team." They've also been called the Persian Stars, Shiran e Iran (the Iranian Lions), the Cheetahs (due to conservation efforts), or the Princes of Persia. Would
Morocco. Hell of a country, not sure about their futbollers.
World Cup 2018 Preview – The Kingdom at the Cup
Any discussion of Saudi Arabia, especially during the holy month of Ramadan (which started at sunset on May 14), must first begin with debate over the proper pronunciation of the country's name. https://youtu.be/2tbqV8AtI8I?t=1m2s The 2018 World Cup will mark Saudi Arabia's fifth time competing in this event. Their previous four appearances all