This Is What the World Looked Like When Belgium Beat the U.S.

It seemed as if the entire world stopped to watch the World Cup match against Belgium

Twitter released a map shortly after the game that pretty much backs up that notion, with geotagged tweets mentioning key World Cup terms surging and falling as they were sent during the match. As the match approached extra time with both teams scoreless and one on the verge of elimination, all hell broke loose.

Top tweets sent during the game — containing one of the hashtags used to discuss it, such as #USA and #BEL — came from celebrities, soccer players and politicians. The top tweet, however, came from the Belgian team itself, when captain Vincent Kompany tweeted his respect to U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard. Howard, 35, made the most saves in a World Cup match since 1960, by blocking 16 of the Belgian team's shots. Read more...

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