UMFan83

Lets not underestimate the opponent of course but this is a good draw. I obviously watched all the games in 06 and I try to watch the USMNT as much as I can but for the experts here, tell me why the USA is more likely to beat Ghana now than they were in 06 when they lost.

Bring on Ghana! Dammit if only Ghana could have won, I wanted to play the Aussies.

OK, either make the results the exact same as they are right now, or ideally have Australia score here please.

So the last time they lost in the group round they were called West Germany?

Again, how can that be true? Ghana has 4 points, Australia has 1 point, Germany and Serbia both have 3 points. If Ghana wins, they move to 7 points. If Australia wins they move to 4 points. If Germany and Serbia both lose, they stay at 3 points. Australia advances no matter the score if they and Ghana win.

We can get Australia if they beat Serbia and Ghana beats Germany...the standings would be: Ghana 7 Australia 4 Germany 3 Serbia 3

TBD this afternoon. It'll be the 2nd team out of group D. Right now its Ghana 4 (1) Germany 3 (3) Serbia 3 (0) Australia 1 (-4) Ghana plays Germany Serbia plays Australia If Ghana and Serbia win, they both advance and the USA plays Serbia If Ghana and Australia win, then they both advance and USA plays Australia If Ghana wins and Serbia and Aussie tie, then Ghana and Serbia advance and USA plays Serbia If Germany and Serbia win, then they both advance and USA plays Serbia unless Serbia wins by 3 more goals than Germany does. If Germany and Australia win, then Germany and Ghana advance unless Australia makes up a 5 goals in GD over Ghana, so the USA plays Ghana If Germany wins and Serbia and Aussie tie, then Germany advances and the runner up gets confusing. Right now Ghana leads GD 1-0, but if they lost, at the very least it would be a tied GD, which means GS comes into play. Right now Ghana has scored 2 goals and Serbia 1, so if Ghana ends up scoring the same number of goals as Serbia does today (or more), they would advance. If Serbia scores 1 more goal than Ghana today, the GD and GS is tied, meaning I believe Ghana advances by beating Serbia 1-0 in H2H play. So Serbia would have to score 2 more goals than Ghana to advance. So most likely in the scenario the USA would play Ghana, but small chance of Serbia. If Germany and Ghana tie and Serbia wins, Serbia and Ghana advance and USA plays Ghana. If Germany and Ghana tie and Australia wins, Ghana and Germany advance unless Australia wins by 4+ goals, USA plays Germany If Germany and Ghana tie and Serbia and Aussie tie, then Ghana and Germany advance, and the USA plays Germany I think that's all right. I know someone did it a few pages ago but whatever. Edit: whoops forgot about tie scenarios for Germany-Ghana If Germany and Ghana tie and Serbia wins, Serbia and Ghana advance and USA plays Ghana. If Germany and Ghana tie and Australia wins, Ghana and Germany advance unless Australia wins by 4+ goals, USA plays Germany If Germany and Ghana tie and Serbia and Aussie tie, then Ghana and Germany advance, and the USA plays Germany

wait do we win the group?

excessive celebration....goal disallowed and given to Algeria. 1-0 Algeria

HOW THE HELL DID WE GET A YELLOW?

Honestly? Not that much. FIFA doesn't care that much about money. Oh so there is a very good chance that we could get to host our 2nd world cup in 30 years because why?

We should act like big babies if we lose and threaten not to compete in the next world cup. We'll see how much they miss us and our money that our fans bring.

Of course that disallowed goal is going to cost us a trip to the next round. If just one of those 2 goals were counted...

10 mins....

Why do the US keep trying these home run crosses? I havent seen one successfully work yet.

Dammit that was it

15 minutes....

I don't want to see anyone murdered.

ugh Buddle

Did I accidently go into the Cubs game thread?

Anyone watching the England-Slovenia game? Is Slovenia getting any chances at all? Any hope for a tie?

Somebody shot that guy from the stands didn't they??

That Nigerian guy is laughing at us.

Wow, I'm going to be reliving that one for the next 4 years...

Borstein is the love child of Boers and Bernstein right? Just checking.