1. We have an Olympic hangover and the only prescription is more 'Murica.
2. This Beats By Dre commercial pumped everyone up.
3. It's not a big commitment.
4. The World Cup has no real competition.
5. USA is pretty good this year.
6. There have been lots of goals.
7. Teams are scoring early.
8. The big names are scoring.
9. Late drama and early upsets.
10. Brazil is crazy about soccer/football/fútbol.
11. Brazil, in general, is sort of crazy right now.
12. The fans are outrageous.
13. It's massive on Twitter:
According to Twitter Data, there were 8 million tweets sent during the U.S.-Portugal match with 304,603 total tweets sent the moment Clint Dempsey scored, making it fun to follow along/participate and nearly impossible to ignore.