World Cup is here

[Panthro]

Alge Alge Alge

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

One half down one to go.

[Panthro]

England collecting yellowcards is a good thing. Carrager out vs Slovenia

[Jbro]

England has 0 chemistry

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Thank you Algeria!!!

[Jbro]

Hell yea, this makes up somewhat for this morning.

[Boltergeist]

"Just win baby" - it's that simple for Wednesday.

[charlottenian]

[Happy Panther]

So everyone in Group C controls their own destiny. Any combination of teams is possible to advance except USA and Algeria

[mr beauxjangles]

Alright, here your various points scenarios. Green indicates teams advancing. Yellow means it goes to a tiebreaker.

In that last scenario with the yellow (both ties in the next game) then the US will advance as long as England doesn’t score three or more goals than the US does in their respective ties. We’d have the same goal differential and the next tie breaker is total goals scored. We currently have a two goal advantage. If we both tie and let’s say it’s 2-2 between England and Slovenia and 0-0 between the US and Algeria, then the second team to advance is basically drawn out of hat by FIFA.

In short, a win against Algeria guarantees that the US will advance. If we tie Algeria, we advance with a Slovenia victory and most likely with a England-Slovenia tie, unless it’s a really high scoring tie.

Please correct me if my calculations are off.

[Happy Panther]

Looks right

[Panthro]

Who would we possibly match up with in the next round? Whats better the #1 or #2 seed as far as opponents go?

[Jbro]

Ghana or Serbia over Germany I would assume. All 3 of them have 3 points

[mr beauxjangles]

Who would we possibly match up with in the next round? Whats better the #1 or #2 seed as far as opponents go?

Right now Germany, Ghana, and Serbia are all tied in group D with 3 points a piece (in that order based on goal differential) but Ghana and Australia have yet to play their second match. That will determine a lot. If Australia manages to win tomorrow, then it's all up in the air (everyone with three points after two games). I honestly cant say who I'd rather match up against.