Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
A great performance by Americans. Down a man for 40+ minutes, and they tied Italy.

Yes, Italy scored both goals, but Americans pushed hard the whole game. And the red for the late tackle was, to me, absurd.

Italy was a man up for 40 mins-and America was what-a 8-1 underdog? The Americans deserved this.

And now, if Italy beats Czech, and America beats Ghana, we can advance! A decidely heated group. Any team could advance. Heck, Ghana could be the group leader (though I certainly hope not).

Crazed Rabbit
Nope. America is seeded 5th and Italy 13th. Those seedings gave USA way too good a standing, but they were supposedly the favorites. I don't know how I want this to turn out though. I want the worst teams to come out of every group to help Germany's chances, but I don't who the worst two are!