The Situation Is This

Soooo basically we need to pull a McGiver?

the situation is a little simpler than that…

usa can guarantee passage by winning by 5 goals, though winning by 4 is probably enough.

the only realistic scenarios are:

italy and usa win
czech beats italy 2-0, usa win 3-0
czech and italy draw 0-0, usa win 4-0

We control our own destiny, in a way. If we win by 5 goals, we are in, no matter what happens in any other game.

Heh.

The following link breaks down all of the scenarios, right down to what would have to occur to prompt the mysterious drawing of lots.

We would only beat Ghana 5-0 in some obscene fantasy or twilight zone scenario. I am hoping to God that Italy beats the Czechs. I don’t want both European sides going through. I wouldn’t mind Italy-Ghana or Italy-USA going through. A Italy-Czech situation would just be devastating.

We tried to find an email address to Daryl to send him this, but we penned an open letter to Bruce Arena last night.

سلام .ما همگی از بازی بسیار ضعیف تیم ملی ایران ناراحت هستیم .
ولی افسوس که ناراحتی در حال حاضر هیچ فایده ای ندارد. باید همگی دست به دست هم دهیم و به امید فردایی روشن دوباره از تیم ملی فوتبال ایران حمایت کنیم.
حمایت ما از تیم ملی کشورمان است و این حمایت به این معنی نیست که ما از اشخاص خاصی مثل مربی و بازیکنان حمایت می کنیم
حمایت ما فقط از نام تیم ملی فوتبال ایران است
به امید موفقیت ایران در آینده و سر بلندی همه ایرانیان
http://www.bachehayebad.parsiblog.com

لینک مربوط به عکس هموطنان عزیز در حمایت کشورمان
http://www.farsnews.com/pic.php?ph=Media-8503-ImageReports-8503100585-6_8503100585_L600.jpg&dsc=تماشاگران%20فوتبال%20ايران%20و%20بوسني

I’m not seeing the 5 goal US win as a guarantee, since our fate still depends on not only the outcome but the score of the Czech-Italy match. Since we’ve yet to score, looking at 5 goals today is something like planning on winning the lottery. Preparation and focus should be on winning the match, that’s all we can try and control. The rest will have to take care of itself. It’s a shame both matches are at the same time, I’d really like to follow both since they both have meaning for advancment of all teams. THIS is how the group stages should finish, with things in play for all sides concerned.

@stuart
i just dragged my other tv out and hooked it up, now i wont miss a thing!

oops! forgot the link:

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5704208

The five-goal win was stated tongue-in-cheek. It is true, though, that if we win by five, it doesn’t matter what happens in the other game.

State Department Uses the World Cup to Improve U.S. Image

From the United States Mission to Germany:A delegation of 30 young soccer players participating in the World Cup Sports Initiative organized by the U.S. State Department will travel to Germany June 21-23 to attend the FIFA World Cup match between Ghana an

Well Australia just made it through to the last 16 courtesy of our hard fought draw against Croatia.

As the game drew to its climactic finish, I remembered the comments by US Team Manager Bruce Arena following Australia’s qualification for the finals.

Good old Bruce described Australia as World Cup Easybeats.

Well Bruce, perhaps you’d better look to your own camp. Further, perhaps yuo’d better start looking for a new job.

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