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77. Even if the US is defeated and Portugal wins, they still have bad goal difference

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:51 PM

Jun 2014

If the United States ties Portugal, then either Ghana or Portugal could finish the group with a maximum of four points (those two countries meet June 26th). If the United States loses to Germany and also finishes with four points, then the Americans would have to rely on goal difference. As of right now, the U.S. have a +1 goal difference, two better than Ghana’s -1 and five better than Portugal’s -4. Assuming the U.S. ties Portugal , the goal difference wouldn’t change, so the U.S. would be hoping that Portugal beats Ghana by a small margin, while also not giving up too many goals to Germany.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/06/united-states-world-cup-portugal-outcomes-group

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