Shep Messing

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Why Argentina will beat Germany (Hint: Messi helps)

Shep Messing, who was a teammate of Pele on the New York Cosmos and goalkeeper on the 1972 Olympic squad, is giving Post readers his insights and opinions periodically during...

Messi's the difference for shaky Argentina against the Dutch

Shep Messing, who was a teammate of Pele on the New York Cosmos and goalkeeper on the 1972 Olympic squad, is giving Post readers his insights and opinions periodically during...

Without Neymar, less-burdened Brazil will win

What games we’ve had in this World Cup. They’ve been great, and the semifinals should be awesome. And as great as Neymar had been, as big of loss as that...

Why the US has a good shot at beating the Belgians

Shep Messing, who was a teammate of Pele on the New York Cosmos and goalkeeper on the 1972 Olympic squad, will give Post readers his insights and opinions periodically during...

Win or lose, US has come a long way

Shep Messing, who was a teammate of Pele on the New York Cosmos and goalkeeper on the 1972 Olympic squad, will give Post readers his insights and opinions periodically during...

If anything, Klinsmann will go overboard for US win vs. Germany

Shep Messing, who was a teammate of Pele on the New York Cosmos and goalkeeper on the 1972 Olympic squad, will give Post readers his insights and opinions periodically during...

Portugal is desperate — which means trouble for the US

My heart says we win. My head says we lose. In the best sense of the word, I’m thrilled that we found a way to win it against Ghana. I...

US attack needs a new face with Altidore out vs Portugal

I’m in utter shock. If you told me before the game against Ghana that Clint Dempsey was going to break his nose and be invisible for 80 minutes, Jozy Altidore...