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Joel Campbell

Dutch Emerge as Shootout Victors

When the Costa Rican squad arrived in Brazil before the World Cup began, they landed with little fanfare, hardly any media buzz, and most of the talk about them (if any) centered around what many assumed was their role as the whipping boys of Group D, where they were matched up with Italy, Uruguay, and England. It only took about one half of…
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Costa Rica’s Surprise Victory

The 3rd day of the FIFA World Cup is halfway over with and already we've seen outstanding performances. A controversial Brazil victory over Croatia, a poorly refereed Mexico vs. Cameroon game, the destruction of the reigning world champions by the Netherlands, an in form Chile victory and even Columbia coming out of their Brazil 2014 debut match…
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