06-13-2006, 02:03 AM
You play a small round robin with your group of 4, and the top 2 advance to the single elimination bracket. After that it gets simple. But since there are so few games in the round robin, determining which teams advance can get into a pretty complicated tiebreaking system (head-to-head results, goal differential, goals scored).
From the U.S. perspective, team USA had a very bad day today, not only in losing (and playing like a bunch of lost golems wandering around hell), but in getting shut out by a large margin. And having Italy win probably did not help matters. U.S. almost is in a must-win situation when they face Italy now, although mathematically they could lose and still somehow advance.
From the U.S. perspective, team USA had a very bad day today, not only in losing (and playing like a bunch of lost golems wandering around hell), but in getting shut out by a large margin. And having Italy win probably did not help matters. U.S. almost is in a must-win situation when they face Italy now, although mathematically they could lose and still somehow advance.