In case you've been spending the summer under a rock, the World Cup happened, and the United States proved it can hang with the elite footballing nations. We played with heart and made it out of a very difficult group. But I'm still boycotting Belgian waffles. 

Our hopes may have been dashed by the Belgians in the second round, but we were still lucky enough to witness some of the craziest moments in World Cup history. Here are my personal favorites. 

I believe this moment was an emotional high for all American soccer fans this year. John Brooks, the substitute defender, puts in the header to give us the edge over Ghana in the 86th minute. This 21-year-old kid walked onto a World Cup pitch for the very first time on that day, and walked off as an American hero of sports. I'm sitting here shirtless eating a bowl of cereal and this guy, who's actually younger than I am, has soccer fans bowing before him to kiss his cleats. I can't even wrap my head around how intense the rush of scoring a a game winner in a crucial World Cup match at my age. I'll just pour myself another bowl of Frosted Flakes. 

This moment is what I think shocked everyone the most: Germany spanks Brazil 7-1 in their own house. That's a bummer for Brazil, but you got to hand it to the Germans. That's a beat down of truly historic proportions and they served it up on their own turf. Brazil has always been regarded as a soccer powerhouse, and the final score looked someone had just mopped the floor with me in FIFA on the Xbox. Thank goodness Brazil scored one at the end, because official house rules dictate the loser receives a swirly for a shutout of five goals or more. 

This moment is just the most absurd thing I've ever seen in a soccer game. Luis Suarez bites an Italian defender during play. He grabbed him and bit him on the shoulder, and he wasn't subtle about it. This was also the third time that Suarez has been caught going vampire on the other players. I'm including this moment because I don't understand what would drive a professional athlete to grab an opposing player and try to take a chunk out of his shoulder. Not only that, but to do it for a third time. And with the entire world watching. And then pretending like he hit you in the teeth with his shoulder and pout about how sore your teeth are. I'm not even that upset about how disgraceful to the sport his behavior was, I'm just confused. 

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