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Goooooooal!! A Mostly Musical Guide to Enjoying the World Cup

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THE TEAMS Host team Brazil (music fan: Sergio Mendes, who owns a football team and contributed to the official World Cup album this year) is a 5:2 favorite. For those of you without a bookie, that means you'd only earn five bucks for every two you bet on them. Defending champion Spain (music fans: Shakira and Julio Iglesias, who was once a pro soccer player in Spain before international music superstardom) is a better bet, at 13:2, if you ask me.

The Algerian team is the longest shot, at 2000-to-1. Don't ask me who their biggest musical supporter is. Google ain't that good. The Americans are 100:1. HAIM, Lupe Fiasco, Diplo and Ice Cube have all shown their support in some way for the team.

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