Round 1
1. Nescac1 - Kye Robinson - Mary Washington x1
2. FCGG - Josiah Butler - UW-Stevens Point x2
3. NCF - Sam Grieger- UW-Lacrosse x1
4. Greek - Deacon Judd - Oswego St x3
5. Ronk - Zach McLaughlin - ME-Farmington x1.5

Round 2
6. Ronk -Carvin Fish - Minnesota-Morris x3
7. Greek - Vinnie Adjahoungbeta - Elmhurst x3
8. NCF - Kaleb Nutifafa- Keuka - x2
9. FCGG - Jason Reynolds - Maine-Farmington 1.5x
10. Nescac1 - Jackson Rein - Williams 3x

Round 3
11. Nescac1 - Dominic Trelenberg - Elmhurst 3x
12. FCGG - Jay Randall - Mary Washington 1x
13. NCF
14. Greek
15. Ronk

Round 1
1. Nescac1 - Kye Robinson - Mary Washington x1
2. FCGG - Josiah Butler - UW-Stevens Point x2
3. NCF - Sam Grieger- UW-Lacrosse x1
4. Greek - Deacon Judd - Oswego St x3
5. Ronk - Zach McLaughlin - ME-Farmington x1.5

Round 2
6. Ronk -Carvin Fish - Minnesota-Morris x3
7. Greek - Vinnie Adjahoungbeta - Elmhurst x3
8. NCF - Kaleb Nutifafa- Keuka - x2
9. FCGG - Jason Reynolds - Maine-Farmington 1.5x
10. Nescac1

Round 3
11. Nescac1
12. FCGG
13. NCF
14. Greek
15. Ronk

Sorry Greek

Round 1
1. Nescac1 - Kye Robinson - Mary Washington x1
2. FCGG - Josiah Butler - UW-Stevens Point x2
3. NCF
4. Greek
5. Ronk

Round 2
6. Ronk
7. Greek
8. NCF
9. FCGG
10. Nescac1

Round 3
11. Nescac1
12. FCGG
13. NCF
14. Greek
15. Ronk

Of course. Ready to defend my crown

Yet again it's not coming home. First half was some street ball. Second half was absolutely fantastic though. The US and Mexico have "dos a cero", is Argentina-England going to have "dos a uno"?

Two teams have faced both finalists in this World Cup. Cape Verde drew Spain 0-0 in the group stage and lost 3-2 in extra time to Argentina in the round of 32. Austria lost to Argentina 2-0 in the group stage and to Spain 3-0 in the round of 32.

Argentina has been a late scoring team. They've scored in the 10', 17', 19', 29', 31'(p), 38', 60', 76', 79', 80', 83', 85', 90+2', 90+2', 90+5', 92', 111'(og), 112', and 120+1'. Argentina has nearly scored as many goals after the 75th minute as Spain has the entire tournament.
They've played in Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City twice and Miami once.

In 7 games so far, Spain has had scorelines of 0-0, 4-0, 1-0, 3-0, 1-0, 2-1, and 2-0. The only team to score on Spain is Belgium, the only team Spain couldn't score on is Cape Verde.

They've played twice in LA, twice in Dallas, twice in Atlanta, and once in Guadalajara. Final will be in NY/NJ.

After a full month and 100 games... we're left with the top 4 ranked teams in the semifinals.

E1 Germany      1(3) 
                     | Paraguay  0 
D3 Paraguay     1(4) |             |
I1 France        3                 | France     
                     | France    1 |            |
F3 Sweden        0   |                          |
A2 South Africa  0                              |    
                     | Canada    0              |    |
B2 Canada        1   |             |            |    |
F1 Netherlands  1(2)               | Morocco    |
                     | Morocco   3 |
C2 Morocco      1(3) |


K2 Portugal      2   
                     | Portugal  0 
L2 Croatia       1   |             |
H1 Spain         3                 | Spain      
                     | Spain     1 |            |
J2 Austria       0   |                          |    |
D1 United States 2                              |    |         
                     | USA       1              |
B3 Bos & Herz    0   |             |            |
G1 Belgium       3                 | Belgium    |
               a.e.t | Belgium   4 |
I3 Senegal       2   |


C1 Brazil        2   
                     | Brazil    1 
F2 Japan         1   |             |
E2 Cote D'Ivoire 1                 | Norway     
                     | Norway    2 |            |
I2 Norway        2   |                          |
A1 Mexico        2                              |    
                     | Mexico    2              |    |
E3 Ecuador       0   |             |            |    |
L1 England       2                 | England    |
                     | England   3 |
K3 DR Congo      1   |


J1 Argentina     3   
               a.e.t | Argentina 3 
H2 Cabo Verde    2   |             |
D2 Australia    1(2)               | Argentina  
                     | Egypt     2 |            |
G2 Egypt        1(4) |                          |    |
B1 Switzerland   2                              |    |         
                     | Swiss    0(4)            |
J3 Algeria       0   |              |           |
K1 Colombia      1                  | Swiss     |
                     | Colombia 0(3)|
L3 Ghana         0   |




                         QF/R16/R32/Total
UEFA:                  6/ 7/13/16 (Portugal eliminated)
CONMEBOL: 1/ 4/ 5/ 6 (Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay)
CAF:                    1/ 2/ 9/10 (Egypt)
CONCACAF: 0/ 3/ 3/ 6 (Canada, Mexico, USA)
AFC:                    0/ 0/ 2/ 9 (N/A)
OFC:                   0/ 0/ 0/ 1 (N/A)


Rankings of the remaining matches
1v19; 2v9; 3v7; 4v31

#3 France have beaten 15 Senegal 3-1, 57 Iraq 3-0, 31 Norway 4-1, 38 Sweden 3-0, 41 Paraguay 1-0
#7 Morocco have faced 6 Brazil 1-1, 42 Scotland 1-0, 83 Haiti 4-2, 8 Netherlands 1-1 (p), 30 Canada 3-0

#2 Spain have played 67 Cape Verde 0-0. 61 Saudi Arabia 4-0, 16 Uruguay 1-0. 24 Austria 3-0, 5 Portugal 1-0
#9 Belgium have faced 29 Egypt 1-1, 20 Iran 0-0, 85 New Zealand 5-1, 15 Senegal 3-2 (aet), 17 USA 4-1

#31 Norway played 57 Iraq 4-1, 15 Senegal 3-2, 3 France 1-4, 33 Ivory Coast 2-1, 6 Brazil 2-1
#4 England faced 11 Croatia 4-2, 73 Ghana 0-0, 34 Panama 2-0, 46 DR Congo 2-1, 14 Mexico 3-2

#1 Argentina have beaten 28 Algeria 3-0, 24 Austria 2-0, 63 Jordan 3-1, 67 Cape Verde 3-2 (aet), 29 Egypt 3-2
#19 Switzerland have played 56 Qatar 1-1, 64 B&H 4-1, 30 Canada 2-1, 28 Algeria 2-0, 13 Colombia 0-0 (p)


Only France and Argentina have won every game while Norway is the only remaining team to have a loss.
We've lost one continent in every round which means between Argentina and Morocco one will win and one will lose in the quarterfinals.

Cape Verde faced the #1, 2, and 16 ranked teams who have a combined 6 WC titles and none of them could beat the Blue Sharks in regulation. Plus they scored a total of 4 goals on them.

E1 Germany      1(3) 
                     | Paraguay    
D3 Paraguay     1(4) |             |
I1 France        3                 |            
                     | France      |            |
F3 Sweden        0   |                          |
A2 South Africa  0                              |       
                     | Canada                   |   |
B2 Canada        1   |             |            |   |
F1 Netherlands  1(2)               |            |
                     | Morocco     |
C2 Morocco      1(3) |


K2 Portugal      2   
                     | Portugal    
L2 Croatia       1   |             |
H1 Spain         3                 |            
                     | Spain       |            |
J2 Austria       0   |                          |    |
D1 United States 2                              |    |         
                     | USA                      |
B3 Bos & Herz    0   |             |            |
G1 Belgium       3                 |            |
               a.e.t | Belgium     |
I3 Senegal       2   |


C1 Brazil        2   
                     | Brazil       
F2 Japan         1   |             |
E2 Cote D'Ivoire 1                 |            
                     | Norway      |            |
I2 Norway        2   |                          |
A1 Mexico        2                              |    
                     | Mexico                   |    |
E3 Ecuador       0   |             |            |    |
L1 England       2                 |            |
                     | England     |
K3 DR Congo      1   |


J1 Argentina     3   
               a.e.t | Argentina   
H2 Cabo Verde    2   |             |
D2 Australia    1(2)               |            
                     | Egypt       |            |
G2 Egypt        1(4) |                          |    |
B1 Switzerland   2                              |    |         
                     | Switzerland              |
J3 Algeria       0   |             |            |
K1 Colombia      1                 |            |
                     | Colombia    |
L3 Ghana         0   |


#1 vs #2: 3-1
#1 vs #3: 7-1
#2 vs #2: 4
Remaining
#1: 10
#2: 5
#3: 1


    R16/R32/Total
UEFA: 7/13/16 (Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Croatia, Austria, B&H eliminated)
CONMEBOL: 4/5/6 (Ecuador)
CONCACAF: 3/3/6 (none)
CAF: 2/9/10 (S Africa, Senegal, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Cape Verde, Algeria, Ghana)
AFC: 0/2/9 (Australia, Japan)
OFC: 0/0/1 (N/A)

And then there were 4 continents left. The AFC had a really disappointing tournament. Only 2 of 9 managed to get out of the group stage and both lost in the round of 32.

I don't understand how so many kicks miss the target in a shootout. That's the golden rule on a PK, hit the target and force the goalie make a save. Australia is the latest to break it by only getting 2 of 4 on target.

Our winning combination of 3rd place teams was #67 (BDEFIJKL). The teams hoping for some help on the final day got none. I'm shocked Iran with 3 pts and 0 GD failed to advance. Iran were cheering as much as Algeria when they scored in stoppage time but their dream was crushed when Austria equalized a few minutes later.
Last WC seven of eight 3rd places had 4 points, but the previous two WC it was only two of eight. This year 7 ended up on 4 points so only the best with 3 points advanced.

Everyone's darlings Cabo Verde are the only team without a win to advance to the knockout round.
Argentina, France, and Mexico are the only teams not to drop a point.
Mexico and Spain are the only teams not to concede a goal.
France, Germany, and Netherlands lead the way with 10 goals scored.


E1 Germany (2-0-1) vs D3 Paraguay (1-1-1)
I1 France (3-0-0) vs F3 Sweden (1-1-1)
A2 South Africa (1-1-1) vs B2 Canada (1-1-1)
F1 Netherlands (2-1-0) vs C2 Morocco (2-1-0)
4 UEFA, 2 CAF, 1 CONCACAF, 1 CONMEBOL

K2 Portugal (1-2-0) vs L2 Croatia (2-0-1)
H1 Spain (2-1-0) vs J2 Austria (1-1-1)
D1 United States (2-0-1) vs B3 Bosnia & Herzegovina (1-1-1)
G1 Belgium (1-2-0) vs I3 Senegal (1-0-2)
6 UEFA, 1 CAF, 1 CONCACAF

C1 Brazil (2-1-0) vs F2 Japan (1-2-0)
E2 Cote D'Ivoire (2-0-1) vs I2 Norway (2-0-1)
A1 Mexico (3-0-0) vs E3 Ecuador (1-1-1)
L1 England (2-1-0) vs K3 DR Congo (1-1-1)
2 CAF, 2 CONMEBOL, 2 UEFA, 1 AFC, 1 CONCACAF

J1 Argentina (3-0-0) vs H2 Cabo Verde (0-3-0)
D2 Australia (1-1-1) vs G2 Egypt (1-2-0)
B1 Switzerland (2-1-0) vs J3 Algeria (1-1-1)
K1 Colombia (2-1-0) vs L3 Ghana (1-1-1)
4 CAF, 2 CONMEBOL, 1 AFC, 1 UEFA

The majority of the top half of the bracket is from UEFA (10) but the bottom half only has 3.
Almost half of the teams eliminated from the group stage (7 of 16) were from AFC

UEFA: 13/16 (Czechia, Scotland, Turkiye eliminated)
CAF: 9/10 (Tunisia)
CONMEBOL: 5/6 (Uruguay)
CONCACAF: 3/6 (Curacao, Haiti, Panama)
AFC: 2/9 (Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Uzbekistan)
OFC: 0/1 (New Zealand)

Wild day of action. We now know 28 of the 32 teams in the knockout stage and 5 of the 3rd place teams. Cabo Verde become the smallest nation to reach the knockout stage after finishing 2nd with three draws and their reward is Argentina. Senegal with their big 5-0 win erase a disappointing tournament to secure their spot in the next round.
47 teams have scored at least once. Only Panama remains without a goal scored but they still have one more game against England. Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Ghana are the only teams yet to concede a goal. Ghana and Argentina both have games today.


For the final 3rd place advancers
Iran (3 pts, 0 GD) needs 1 result
South Korea (3 pts, -1 GD) needs 2 results
Scotland (3 pts, -3 GD) needs all 3 results.

a) Group J: Austria (3 pts, 0 GD) vs Algeria (3pts, -2 GD)
If they draw they both advance, if someone loses then you look at goal differential.

b) Group K: DR Congo (1 pt, -1 GD) vs Uzbekistan (0 pt, -7 GD)
If DRC win, the group gets 3rd place through. If Uzbekistan wins, they'd need to overcome their massive GD deficit. If they draw both are out.

c) Group L: Croatia (3 pts, -1 GD) vs Ghana (4 pts, +1 GD)
If Croatia gets a result the group gets 3rd place through. If Croatia loses it's down to GD.


We already knew the US will face B&H next but now we now know Belgium is a potential 2nd round opponent. The 3rd place team Belgium will play is still unknown. If South Korea advance it will be them, otherwise it could be Senegal or group J.

Germany (E1) will face Paraguay (D3)
France (I1) will face Sweden (F3)
Mexico (A1) will most likely face Ecuador (E3) unless Scotland (A3) squeaks through then it'll be the Scots.
Switzerland (B1) will most likely face Iran (G3) unless they don't qualify which means they'll face J3

Of the 28 teams we know will advance, UEFA 11/16, CAF 7/10, AFC 2/9. CONCACAF 3/6, CONMEBOL 5/6, OFC 0/1
We could still get a USA vs Canada and Mexico vs Cabo Verde semifinals

Down to 51 combinations of 3rd placed teams. Bosnia & Herzegovina (group B), Ecuador (group E), and Sweden (group F) have qualified while Paraguay (group D) advances in 50 (only combination is if A, C, D, and I are eliminated).

US will face Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Mexico has 23 vs Ecuador, 18 H, 10 Scotland
Switzerland has 25 vs G, 15 J, 8 Ecuador, 2 I, 1 Sweden
Germany has 45 vs Paraguay, 5 Scotland, 1 Sweden
Group G winner has 35 vs South Korea, 8 H, 6 J, 2 I
Group I winner has 49 vs Sweden, 1 Paraguay, 1 G
Group K winner has 26 vs L, 12 Ecuador, 8 I, 4 Paraguay, 1 J
Group L winner has 26 vs K, 13 I, 8 Ecuador, 4 J

If South Korea ends up advancing, they are guaranteed to face the group G winner. That match would be the 2nd round opponent for the US.

Mexico (group A) started with 194 vs group H, 182 E, 97 C, 19 I, 3 F. They currently have 104 vs H, 97 E, 28 C, 14 I, 3 F.

Switzerland (group B) started with 260 vs group G, 190 J, 26 E, 14 I, 5 F. They currently have 118 vs J, 99 G, 14 E, 11 I, 4 F.

Germany (group E) started with 231 vs group C, 212 D, 35 F, 16 A, 1 B. They currently have 107 vs D, 96 C, 27 F, 15 A, 1 B.

Group G started with 314 vs group A, 85 H, 49 J, 41 I, 6 E. They currently have 195 vs A, 24 I, 17 H, 10 J.

Group I started with 276 vs group F, 99 D, 70 G, 48 H, 2 C. They currently have 120 vs F, 55 G, 38 D, 31 H, 2 C.

Group K started with 330 vs group L, 91 I, 48 E, 19 D, 7 J. They currently have 154 vs L, 48 I, 28 E, 9 D, 7 J.

Group L started with 330 vs group K, 113 I, 29 E, 20 J, 3 H. They currently have 154 vs K, 56 I, 19 J, 15 E, 2 H.


Brazil (group C winner) faces 2nd place from group F
Group F winner faces Morocco (2nd place from group C)
Group H winner faces 2nd place from group J
Argentina (Group J winner) faces 2nd place from group H