Germany advances with a: win or draw OR Portugal/Ghana draw OR loss and have a better GD in Portugal/Ghana winner USA advances with a: win or draw OR Portugal/Ghana draw OR loss and Portugal win and better GD than Portugal OR loss and Ghana win and same GD and GF as Ghana (head-to-head win) Ghana advances with a: win and better GD than Germany/USA winner Portugal advances with a: win and better GD than Germany/USA winner
Portugal is eliminated with a: draw OR Germany/USA draw OR loss OR win and less GD than Germany/USA winner Ghana is eliminated with a: draw OR Germany/USA draw OR loss OR win and USA loss and same GD and GF as USA (head-to-head loss) Germany/USA is eliminated with a: loss and lower GD than Portugal/Ghana winner
1) USA beats Germany, Portugal beats Ghana USA 7pts Germany 4pts Portugal 4pts Ghana 1pt
USA advances Germany advances unless Portugal wins by 7 goals (1 less for every goal USA wins by over 1GD)
If USA wins 1-0, Germany has 6GF 3GA +3GD and if Portugal wins 7-0, they have 9GF 6GA +3GD and advance on GF
If USA wins 3-2, Germany has 8GF 5GA +3GD and if Portugal wins 7-0, they have 9GF 6GA +3GD and still advances on GF
2) Germany beats USA, Portugal beats Ghana Germany 7pts USA 4pts Portugal 4pts Ghana 1pt
Germany advances USA advances unless Portugal wins by 4 goals (1 less for every goal USA loses by over 1GD)
If USA loses 0-1, USA has 4GF 4GA 0GD, if Portugal wins 4-0, they have 6GF 6GA 0GD and advance on GF
If USA loses 1-2, USA has 5GF 5GA 0GD, if Portugal wins 4-0, they have 6GF 6GA 0GD and still advance on GF
3) USA draws Germany, Portugal beats Ghana Germany 5pts USA 5pts Portugal 4pts Ghana 1pt
Germany and USA advance
4) USA beats Germany, Ghana beats Portugal USA 7pts Germany 4pts Ghana 4pts Portugal 1pt
USA advances Germany advances unless Ghana wins by 4 goals (1 less for every goal USA wins by over 1GD)
If USA wins 1-0, Germany has 6GF 3GA +3GD and if Ghana wins 4-0, they have 7GF 4GA +3GD and advance on GF
If USA wins 2-1, Germany has 7GF 4GA +3GD and if Ghana wins 5-1, they have 8GF 5GA +3GD and still advances on GF
If Germany and Ghana have same GD and GF, they will draw lots because their game eneded in a draw
5) Germany beats USA, Ghana beats Portugal Germany 7pts USA 4pts Ghana 4pts Portugal 1pt
Germany advances USA advances unless Ghana wins by 2 goals or more or USA loses by 2 goals
If USA loses 0-1, USA has 4GF 4GA 0GD, if Ghana wins 2-0, they have 5GF 4GA 1GD and advance on GF
If USA loses 0-2, USA has 4GF 6GA -1GD, if Ghana wins 2-0, they have 5GF 4GA 0GD and advance on GD
*If the games are decided by one goal each, USA advances
If USA loses 0-1, USA has 4GF 4GA 0GD, if Ghana wins 1-0, they have 4GF 4GA 0GD and USA advances because they defeated Ghana head-to-head
If USA loses 3-4, USA has 7GF 7GA 0GD, if Ghana wins 4-3, they have 7GF 7GA 0GD and USA still advances because they defeated Ghana head-to-head
6) USA draws Germany, Ghana beats Portugal Germany 5pts USA 5pts Ghana 4pts Portugal 1pt
Germany and USA advance
7) USA beats Germany, Portugal draws Ghana USA 7pts Germany 4pts Ghana 2pts Portugal 2pts
USA and Germany advance
8) Germany beats USA, Portugal draws Ghana Germany 7pts USA 4pts Ghana 2pts Portugal 2pts
Germany and USA advance
9) USA draws Germany, Portugal draws Ghana Germany 5pts USA 5pts Ghana 2pts Portugal 2pts
Algeria 1-0-1 5GF 4GA +1GD 3pts Russia 0-1-1 1GF 2GA -1GD 1pt South Korea 0-1-1 3GF 5GA -2GD 1pt
Belgium advances
Games remaining: South Korea vs Belgium Algeria vs Russia
Algeria advances with a: win OR draw and South Korea loss or draw OR draw and South Korea win (on GD or GD/GF tie (head-to-head)) Russia advances with a: win and South Korea loss or draw OR win and South Korea win (on GD) South Korea advances with a: win and Algeria/Russia draw OR win and Algeria or Russia win (on GD)
1) South Korea beats Belgium, Algeria beats Russia Belgium 6pts Algeria 6pts South Korea 4pts Russia 1pt
Belgium and Algeria advance. Algeria takes first by having better GD or same GD (more GF) than Belgium
2) Belgium beats South Korea, Algeria beats Russia Belgium 9pts Algeria 6pts South Korea 1pt Russia 1pt
Belgium and Algeria advance
3) South Korea draws Belgium, Algeria beats Russia Belgium 7pts Algeria 6pts South Korea 2pts Russia 1pt
Belgium and Algeria advance
4) South Korea beats Belgium, Russia beats Algeria Belgium 6pts Russia 4pt South Korea 4pts Algeria 3pts
Belgium advances. Russia advances if they have better GD. South Korea advances if they have better GD or same GD (better GF)
5) Belgium beats South Korea, Russia beats Algeria Belgium 9pts Russia 4pts Algeria 3pts South Korea 1pt
Belgium and Russia advance
6) South Korea draws Belgium, Russia beats Algeria Belgium 7pts Russia 4pts Algeria 3pts South Korea 2pts
Belgium and Russia advance
7) South Korea beats Belgium, Algeria draws Russia Belgium 6pts Algeria 4pts South Korea 4pts Russia 2pts
Belgium advances Algeria advances unless South Korea has better GD. If they have same GD and GF, Algeria advances (head-to-head)
8) Belgium beats South Korea, Algeria draws Russia Belgium 9pts Algeria 4pts Russia 2pts South Korea 1pt
Belgium and Algeria advance
9) South Korea draws Belgium, Algeria draws Russia Belgium 7pts Algeria 4pts Russia 2pts South Korea 2pts
This tournament was supposed to be Michael Bradley's time to shine. Instead, he has been the worst player on the team. And so many stupid mistakes - not taking the ball into the corner in the dying seconds against Ghana, which resulted in a Ghana breakaway that thankfully amounted to nothing foreshadowed his stupid careless giveaway to send Ronaldo streaking down the righthand side en route to the equalizer at the death.
Originally posted by dunkndollazAs a Broncos fan & a Rangers fan, I'm used to this.
As a Browns fan, I have to angrily shake my fist at you.
That was a heckuva match. The US looked so much better on offense than they did against Ghana, it was like night and day to me. Yeah, it sucks that they lost the auto qualifying, but they still have a good shot and they didn't lose. Not bad at all.
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I started to look at the possible playoff schedule for the US late in the game yesterday - yes, it's all my fault - and noticed that if the US won their group and won their quarterfinal (Algeria?) they'd have a quarterfinal game on July 4th. Yesterday's game broke all sorts of soccer TV records here. A USA game on Independence Day would shatter them.
(2nd place and a win over probably Belgium? puts them on July 5th, which would also do good but not be as crazy.)
Originally posted by thecubsfanI started to look at the possible playoff schedule for the US late in the game yesterday - yes, it's all my fault - and noticed that if the US won their group and won their quarterfinal (Algeria?) they'd have a quarterfinal game on July 4th. Yesterday's game broke all sorts of soccer TV records here. A USA game on Independence Day would shatter them.
(2nd place and a win over probably Belgium? puts them on July 5th, which would also do good but not be as crazy.)
Yeah, a quarterfinal on July 4 would be AWESOME. We have to win the group, and you are right, Algeria is on the inside track for 2nd.
Russia is still alive for 2nd if they beat Algeria and a South Korea loss/draw.
Originally posted by texasranger9Is "The Bite" going to be bigger than "The Headbutt"? I don't think so. "The Headbutt" was done by a Legend in the WC Finals.
I don't know why the double post. I tried to delete it.
(edited by texasranger9 on 24.6.14 1816)
It won't be bigger, but if it's true, this is strike 3 for Suarez. His international career is done. He should (but probably won't) sit for a long time for this.
Originally posted by kwikIt won't be bigger, but if it's true, this is strike 3 for Suarez. His international career is done. He should (but probably won't) sit for a long time for this.
So I guess you could say Suarez...(puts on sunglasses)...bit off more than he could chew.
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Portugal have to be kicking themselves for the opening hammering against Germany. If Pepe doesn't act like a moron they probably don't need to score a hatful in the last game to go through.
(Presumably) Belgium will be tough but they haven't looked great so far and a lot of the European countries have struggled so who knows.
Oh yeah, speaking of morons, Uruguay seems to have its share.
I will be in the US for three weeks starting next week, but I'm actually flying over the Atlantic during the (almost certainly) Belgium match, so sadly I'm going to miss it. But I really hope they win so I can be in the country for a quarterfinals (and maybe more?) and go crazy with other people who want to go crazy about it.
Great achievement for Klinsmann and the players, and it's very exciting. But like I said, I'm still bitter about Donovan's exclusion, and I think the team would be better if he were there.
Today's game would have been more exciting had the Portugal heartbreak not happened. With qualification secured and the potential to win the group there, I'd be interested to see how the team played. If the US can beat Belgium, they will play the winner of Argentina/Switzerland.
Regarding Suarez and his ban extending to his club play, I don't believe he should get off lightly just because the third incident happened to come in a Uruguay shirt, and I do think an international-only ban would be getting off lightly. And Liverpool fans are claiming that their club shouldn't be punished for what he does in a Uruguay shirt, but that's nonsense: They chose to keep him - and sign him to a fat extension no less - after the second incident (first as a Liverpool player) knowing that as his misdeeds piled up the punishments were only going to get steeper. What shirt he was wearing when he did it is irrelevant, if he deserves to be banned then he deserves to be banned, and that is a risk Liverpool took when they sold their integrity to stand behind a dirty, dirty player because he also happens to be very good.
It's true that Suarez wouldn't be banned from Uruguay if it happened in a Liverpool shirt, but only because the English FA doesn't have that authority. On the other hand, if it happened in a Liverpool shirt, the ban would have been much greater; as it is, he's only going to miss a few more matches this time around for his club than he did for the second biting incident, and that can only be considered a light punishment from Liverpool's perspective.
Liverpool surely have to sell him. How foolish would they look coming out yet again and telling us how reformed this lunatic is? I just can't imagine why anyone would want to buy his contract, unless they really do believe this argument that the English media - who just voted Suarez player of the year, remember - have a vendetta against him and are blowing this issue out of proportion.
P.S. - Suarez's handball against Ghana remains a moment of individual brilliance, and it's a shame some would-be pundits insist on lumping that in, even as a tangent or "by the way..." kind of thing, with his biting and his alleged racist behavior toward Patrice Evra.
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Of course that is not entirely true as he competed (and won some stages) in the Tour before his fight with cancer. No matter what team he signs with (and I guess his history with Bruyneel makes Astana a good candidate)