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Who do you think will win the World Cup?

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England or Euro brehs can you provide me BBC highlights of Ghana and the US?

Edit: I got Hola, nevermind.
 
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Congrats usa i hope you guys make it past the group i really like bedoyas play and also besler till he got injured damn hes a warrior @yoyoyo1
 
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well....yeah.... :sas1:
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:yeshrug::yeshrug::yeshrug::yeshrug::yeshrug: it is what it is




http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/...cup-but-still-needs-a-point-against-portugal/

for those that want to obsess. realistically draw against portugal and it'll take something ridiculous to not go through.

Draw Portugal, lose to Germany: U.S. is favored to advance but not safe. This is among the more likely outcomes, so we’ll break it down in more detail. There are a number of permutations based on the results of Ghana’s games against Germany and Portugal.

  • Under three permutations — Ghana draws with Portugal and either draws with or loses to Germany, or Ghana beats Portugal and loses to Germany, the U.S. will have sole possession of second place and advance.
  • But under another permutation, the U.S. would be out despite its four points. This case happens if Ghana beats Portugal and Germany, giving both Ghana and Germany six points.
  • In the other permutations, the U.S. would finish in a tie for second place, with Germany winning the group. If the tie is with Portugal, the U.S. would likely advance on the basis of goal differential. If the tie is with Ghana, it’s a little harder to say.
Lose to Portugal, beat Germany: U.S. is almost certainly in. The only exception is if, in addition to these results, both Germany and Portugal beat Ghana. In that case, the U.S., Germany and Portugal would be tied atop the group with six points. The U.S. would likely get the second position based on goal differential, however, so this scenario is quite safe.

Lose to Portugal, draw Germany: U.S. is a slight underdog to advance. This case is inferior to losing to Germany and drawing with Portugal because it gives Portugal three points and makes it much more of a threat to advance. The permutations get complicated:

  • The U.S. is almost certainly out in the cases where Portugal beats Ghana. That, coupled with a Portuguese win against the U.S., would give Portugal six points and it would leapfrog the U.S. in the standings. (The only exception is if Germany gets blown out by Ghana so badly that it loses the tiebreaker to the U.S. — not at all likely.)
  • Only one permutation guarantees the U.S. entry: if Germany beats Ghana but Ghana beats Portugal.
  • A number of other permutations involve ties for second place, sometimes against Germany (bad for the U.S.) and sometimes against Portugal (good for the U.S.).
  • Finally, there could even be a four-way tie for first if Ghana draws with Portugal and beats Germany!
Lose to Portugal, lose to Germany: U.S. is mathematically alive but needs a miracle. This almost certainly dooms the United States. But just as there’s a wild-card scenario in which it could win twice but fail to advance, there’s one in which it could lose both remaining matches but move on. That would happen if Ghana beats Portugal and loses to Germany. Then Germany would win the group with nine points, and the U.S. would be in a three-way tie for second with Portugal and Ghana. The U.S. would need to beat both teams on the tiebreaker. It wouldn’t be how you script these things, but neither was Monday’s win.
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The good news for Ghana is that at least they played better after and before the first and last goal :yeshrug:
 
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Beckerman needs to step up against portugal.. i kinda felt like he was out of place. Is daniel williams not in the us squad?
 
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