Here's my bracket.
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Groups RoundOf16 Quarters Semis Finals Semis Quarters RoundOf16 Groups
1A___Mexico___ __Argentina_1B
|___Mexico___ __Argentina_|
2B_South Korea| | | |SouthAfrica_2A
|____USA_____ __Argentina_|
1C____USA_____ | | | | __Germany___1D
|____USA_____| |___Dutch____ | |___England__|
2D___Ghana____| | | |___England__2C
| Teh Orange |
1E_Netherlands | | ____Italy___1F
|_Nederlands_ | __Argentina_| ____Italy___|
2F__Paraguay__| | | | | |__Denmark___2E
|__Holland___| |____Spain___|
1G___Brazil___ | | ____Spain___1H
|___Brazil___| |____Spain___|
2H__Honduras__| |__Portugal__2G
Tiebreakers
1: Total Goals Scored in Tournament (not including shootout PKs): 185
2: Total Number of Red Cards (straight up or 2 yellows) in Tournament: 13
3: Golden Boot winner: Messi
4: Wooden Spoon "winner": North Korea
5: Number of shanked PKs by England (missed, not saved, in game and in shootouts): 2
The Dutch power through to the finals, being on the fairly weak side of the bracket. Argentina find their form, beat England on penalties, and make it past Spain in an entertaining 4-3 match. Then, drunk with power and high on cocaine, Maradona benches Messi (the eventual Golden Boot winner) and puts himself in at forward to relive his past glory. The experiment is not a success, and the Orange get their star.
Speaking of stars, it doesn't look like England have one on their emblem. What's up with that? Do they feel guilty that the ball didn't actually cross the line in '66? Would they be breaking some sacred heraldric convention by adding one? Is the lack of the star the cause of their woes since '66? It's a very curious omission.
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