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The World Cup has been a great ride so far. I’ve had lots of fun watching the games with more Brazilians than I knew lived here in the Bay Area, and with live Brazilian music and all. What a joy!

What do you think will be the score for Brazil vs. Netherlands? Post your bet on our Facebook community. The first post with the right score will get a Street Smart Brazil Travel Mug.

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Everyone is super excited about the World Cup. I sure am! Tomorrow – Tuesday June 15 – is Brazil’s first game, at 11:30 am PDT, against North Korea. To get your Portuguese ready for the game, check out our video about soccer vocabulary.

I have put together a list of places that will be showing the games live here in San Francisco. READ MORE>

The World Cup (a Copa do Mundo) starts in just a few days. Brazilians all over the world have their jerseys ready and futebol has been present in every conversation with friends.

World Cup trivia: The first World Cup was in 1930 and since then only seven countries won the competition: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina, France, and England. Brazil has 5 victories. No one else won as many times :) READ MORE>

With the World Cup in South Africa fast approaching, FIFA has announced its decision to change the rules regarding the controversial penalty-kick maneuver known as the paradinha (pronounced par-a-JEEN-ya). READ MORE>