Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Channels U.S. Team's 'Swagger' For World Cup Song
Soccer super-fan predicts U.S. will beat Algeria to advance to the next round.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Sasha Hamrogue
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Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo grew up a soccer fan, and his support for the U.S. men's team is already well-documented. That's why, though he'd previously written an anthem for the 2006 World Cup team — a group that rather famously underachieved — he decided to pen another one for the 2010 squad. Because th...
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