thumbnail Hello,  What needs to happen for the United States to
advance?  There are three scenarios that would allow the U.S.
team to advance to the round of 16 after a 2-2 draw with
Portugal on Sunday.  In order for the U.S. men's national team
to advance to the 16-team knockout round from group play, one of
three possible scenarios needs to happen.  Scenario A: The U.S.
needs to either win or draw against Germany on Thursday
afternoon.  *A win against Germany would mean the U.S. wins
Group G.  Scenario B: If the U.S. loses, and there is a draw in
the Portugal-Ghana game.  Scenario C: If the U.S. loses and wins
a tiebreaker against the Portugal-Ghana winner.   For posterity,
the first two tiebreakers are goal differential and goals for.
The head-to-head scenario is acutally fourth on FIFA's list of
tiebreakers and would only come into effect if both teams had
the same goal differential and scored the exact same number of
goals in group play.  It's also worth noting that two of the
four games in Group G pool