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Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi participates in a team training session at Coverciano training grounds, in Florence, Monday, May 26, 2014. In Brazil, Italy is in Group D with England, Uruguay and Costa Rica. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi)

US-born Rossi left off Italy’s World Cup squad

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Germany's Andre Schuerrle, second from right, scores during a friendly WCup preparation soccer match between Germany and Cameroon in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Germany draws 2-2 with Cameroon

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, the goal-line monitoring device is demonstrated before the media at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo. For the first time at a World Cup, technology will be used to determine whether a ball crosses the goal line during matches at the upcoming tournament in Brazil. With vanishing spray also being used to prevent encroachment by defenders making up a wall during free kicks, officials at the highest level of the world’s most popular sport are finally getting some assistance. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Football gets technology makeover for World Cup

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, center, puts a hat during the inauguration of the BRT Transcarioca (Rapid Transit Bus) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 1, 2014. The corridor has 39 kilometers long, cutting through 27 neighborhoods and will serve 320 thousand people every day, reducing in 60 per cent the average time of the commute. The corridor will connect the International Airport to the subway, which takes the passengers to the Maracana stadium. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil opens Rio bus system planned for World Cup

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President Rafael Correa, right, hands the national flag to Antonio Valencia, captain of Ecuadorian nationasl soccer team during a farewell ceremony in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, May 26, 2014. While Ecuador went undefeated at home, beating every opponent in Quito except Argentina, with whom they drew, it failed to win on the road drawing just three times. Even so World Cup Fever has gripped the country with Ecuadorians excited about their squad's third appearance in the tournament. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador offers lots of attacking options at WCup

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All eyes on jungle city of Manaus in World Cup

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Belo Horizonte avoids World Cup delays

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Mexico's Luis Montes celebrates after scoring against Ecuador in the first half of a friendly soccer match, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Montes scores before injury as Mexico tops Ecuador

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press

Kompany, Hazard, Courtois make Belgium a contender

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Netherlands head coach Louis van Gaal is seen prior to the international friendly soccer match between The Netherlands and Ghana at De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, May 31, 2014. (AP photo/Ermindo Armino).

Netherlands beats Ghana 1-0 in World Cup tune-up

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Natal _ it means Christmas _ hosts 4 matches

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5 Portugal players to watch at the World Cup

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Norway's Havard Nordtveit, left, and Andre Danielsen, right, try unsuccessfully to prevent Russia's Oleg Sjatov, center, from scoring, during their international friendly soccer match in Olso, Saturday, May 31, 2014. The match ended 1-1. (AP Photo/Erlend Aas, NTB Scanpix) NORWAY OUT

Russia headed to World Cup with high hopes

By LEONID CHIZHOV - Associated Press

Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri, center, and Switzerland's Blerim Dzemaili, right, talk to the referee Neil Doyle of Ireland during the international friendly soccer match between Switzerland and Jamaica at the Swissporarena in Lucerne, Switzerland, Friday, May 30, 2014. Switzerland are preparing for the upcoming FIFA soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)

Shaqiri, Switzerland can shine at World Cup

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Is The Ronaldo Factor enough for Portugal?

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

German Ottmar Hitzfeld, head coach of the Swiss national soccer team, looks on during a press conference in Weggis, Switzerland Thursday, May 29, 2014. The Swiss national soccer team prepares for the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Keystone,Urs Flueeler)

Retiring Hitzfeld aims to go out on World Cup high

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Injury worries for Germany ahead of World Cup

By NESHA STGARCEVIC - Associated Press

Ghana seeks to make World Cup history for Africa

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE - Associated Press

FILE _ This is a file photo of Spain's goalkeeper Iker Casillas, center, as he holds up the World Cup trophy with team members as they celebrate their victory at the end of the World Cup final soccer match between the Netherlands and Spain at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa. Winning the soccer World Cup can bring instant rewards to that country’s stock market investors. But they better be quick as the post-victory rally doesn’t last long. That’s the conclusion of investment bank Goldman Sachs, which published a wide-ranging report late Tuesday May 27, 2014 on the World Cup and its economic impact. Goldman Sachs analysts found “a clear pattern of out performance by the wining team in the weeks after the World Cup final.” On average, the investment bank’s portfolio strategy team the victor outperforms the global market by 3.5 percent in the first month. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Spain gambles on Costa in 23-man World Cup squad

By PAUL LOGOTHETIS - Associated Press

Argentina's national soccer player Lionel Messi, left, fights for the ball with player Enzo Perez during a training session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Argentina is training for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

5 Argentina players to watch at the World Cup

By KARL RITTER - Associated Press