number one! as long as we beat germany. also we could tie them, we would still get through on points. and we can even lose, but then it comes down to math. in portugal beats ghana by less than five goals or ghana beats portugal by only one goal, then we would advance on goal differential. they can even tie. that would still work! usa? with us now that is great. we have the commissioner of major league soccer. don garber, 25 million people watched sunday s game. thank you for the scarf! love it! have yto show the scarves. 25 million people watched sunday night s usa game. i think it s safe to say soccer has arrived in america. astounding numbers and record setting numbers, the highest ever broadcast here in the united states.
have to go in thinking you ll win but a draw will do enough. a draw will do enough. and though they can lose as well. i m not mathematician in all this, but if they lose it all comes down to goal differential depending on what happens with the portugal/ghana game which is played at the exact same time. the two things for the u.s. to keep in mind, don t get blown out by germany if you re going to lose, choosing between portugal and ghana choose portugal. yeah, definitely. would i go with portugal. the odds here, because this this is who is going to advance. the odd-makers at 538.com germany virtually 100% chance of advancing. this has to do with issues of goal differential, a million ways to move on, but they still think the u.s. has a good chance to go. the odds actually went up when the u.s. got that draw against portugal so although everyone was deflated about that late goal, it was the result that helped the u.s. a lot so i like these chances. all they need is a draw
differential is probably in their favor. talk about how good germany is here. take a look at the german team. these guys know how to play soccer. the u.s. has played germany in a friendly within the last year, and we did well. they did well. got a win. now, look, that wasn t necessarily the a team for germany, but it also wasn t the a team for the u.s. in that case. in time, this is a german team that s a machine. a machine. look at them train. i ve talked to some people who know the german team very well, and they said they are having similar doubts about their team as well, and they are nervous about this u.s. team. so many teams with defensive struggles including germany, including the u.s. one of the big problems for the u.s. will be recovering from this game we saw sunday night. they played in the amazon, manaus where temperatures were 85 degrees, 9,000 percent humidity. jermaine jones right now dousing himself, of course. they had the water break, the unprecedented
brazil looking to advance to the next round and wouldn t take long for namar scoring easily in the 17th minute of playing and neymar gets a goal. brazil wins 4-1 and important because mexico and croatia went next and scoreless into the second half to the 72nd minute and mexico scores off the corner kick and minutes later they would add a second perfectly placed goal and win 3-1 scoring all goals over the course of 10:00. brazil and mexico playing for first place and tied at the top of the group. group a both advancing to the next round. brazil is the top seed. based on goal differential. later, after struggling to even qualify in the world cup, mexico s manager miguel herrera was clearly overjoyed and celebrating in epic fashion after each of his team s goals. he was previously known for his stylish mullet. i m growing my hair like that this summer, girls. hey, stop it now!
we re number one as long as we beat germany, also we could tie them, we d still get through on points. and we can even lose, but then it comes down to math. if portugal beats ghana by less than five goals or ghana beats portugal by only one goal, then we d advance on goal differential, they can even tie! that would still work. usa? all right. time now for sports. well done. very good. we ll begin with the world cup. brazil looking to advance to the next round, and it wouldn t take long for neymar to get started, scoring easily in the 17th minute of play. neymar would get goal number two later in the first half and brazil easily winning 4-1. mexico and croatia went scoreless into the second half until minute 72 when mexico scores off the corner kick. and then just minutes later, they would add a second perfectly placed goal. they would go on to win 3-1,