{"id":561,"date":"2014-06-13T16:14:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T20:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/pha\/2014\/06\/13\/world-cup\/"},"modified":"2014-06-13T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T20:14:25","slug":"world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/pha\/2014\/06\/13\/world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-size: 10px;line-height: 2;color: #333333;font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 5px;border-style: none\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/files\/2014\/06\/world-cup.jpg\" alt=\"world cup\" width=\"233\" height=\"133\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong>As we bring the world together with this program, so does\u00a0<em>world cup soccer<\/em>!\u00a0 The World Cup is one of the most followed international sporting events in the world and takes place every 4 years.\u00a0 Many of you come from the countries represented and take great pride in supporting their national soccer teams.\u00a0 So here is a little information about the Word Cup:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong>The tournament kicked off yesterday when Brazil plays Croatia in Sao Paulo (and won!)<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>It will mark the 20th edition of the World Cup, which will culminate with the final on July 13 in Rio de Janeiro. The World Cup will feature 32 nations \u2014 placed in groups with four teams apiece \u2014 and a total of 64 games. Defending champion Spain will have to contend with the likes of Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Italy if it wants to retain its title. The United States has qualified for its seventh straight World Cup and will be looking to get out of a very tough group that features Germany, Portugal and Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong>The host nation has won the World Cup five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002) and will be going for a sixth before a home crowd. Anything short of lifting the trophy will be a tough day for Brazil. So wish your Brazilian au pairs some extra luck, you know they\u00a0<em>love<\/em> their soccer!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong>The groups are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group B\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colombia, Greece, Cote d\u2019lvoire. Japan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group E\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Nigeria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group G\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Germany, Portugal, Ghana, USA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Group H\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Belgium, Algeria, Russia, Korea Republic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong>Did you know there is a FIFA world cup\u00a0<em>app<\/em> you can download to follow the scores and latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong>For more news and information go to the official FIFA World Cup website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 8px 0px;line-height: 1.7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we bring the world together with this program, so does\u00a0world cup soccer!\u00a0 The World Cup is one of the most followed international sporting events in the world and takes place every 4 years.\u00a0 Many of you come from the countries represented and take great pride in supporting their national soccer teams.\u00a0 So here is  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/pha\/2014\/06\/13\/world-cup\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Cup! 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