Attention World Cup soccer players:  if you’re going to curse, you’re going to have to pick a different language other than English.  The Brazilian officials who are working Saturday’s first-round World Cup match between England and the United States are on to you, and are making efforts to get a crash-course in English profanity before they hit the pitch in an attempt to force potty-mouths to control their swearing.  The officiating crew will be Carlos Simon as head ref, assisted by Roberto Braatz and Altemir Hausmann.

“All players swear and we know we will hear a few,” said Hausmann.  Likely, the biggest stream of curse words will flow from the mouth of England striker Wayne Rooney, who was sent off on Monday from a meaningless friendly game against a lower-level local club in South Africa.  “”He is a fantastic player and we don’t want to take Wayne’s fire away from him because that’s the type of player he is, always on the edge,” said England captain Steven Gerrard.  “Wayne himself just has to make sure he controls his frustrations in the right manner – and takes it out on the opposition and not the referees.”

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