The past couple of weeks have been pretty stellar for soccer fans. Two massive soccer tournaments, the Copa America and the UEFA European Championship, overlapped in June, to the delight of many jersey-wearing Washingtonians. Sadly, the fútbal frenzy is nearly over. The Euro Cup championship match between Portugal and France …

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Is your office gathering together to watch the US World Cup match today? Any special plans? Email us pictures and we’ll post them to FamousDC.com. Best picture wins a FamousDC prize pack. Here’s how DC is watching the game so far… President Obama Wendell White, FamousDC Contributor Senator Chris Murphy …

Nice try, everyone else. The Huffington Post UK wins World Cup commentary. via

This is not only an amazing feat of technology, it’s a feat of diplomacy as well. President Obama played soccer with a robot.  

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We don’t know why we’re posting this – everyone is watching US World Cup soccer. UPDATE: 2- 0!?! Can we invade? UPDATE 2: Donovan! Sweetest goal of the World Cup! UPDATE 3: They’re handing out yellow cards like what. UPDATE 4: Goooooooooooooooooooooooal! USA! USA! USA! UPDATE 5: We were robbed!

We’re all lucky enough to live in Washington, D.C. – the place people from all over the world call their “home away from home.” This international DC community was on display this weekend in Dupont Circle as thousands gathered to watch the World Cup games. FamousDC’s sports correspondent Mark emailed …

Blimey, England. You really caught us by surprise this weekend. We kind of thought with all the money and attention professional soccer gets here in the U.S., we’d have blown you away. I mean, we love soccer here. We think about it all the time. It’s part of our national …