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Oh Geeezzz........

Thanks to Iran, Mexico advances. It's now 10.

Angola was so close!

Toss up between Mexico and France(assuming they make it) for worst team to make the round of 16 ..England in a close 3rd

The field is set for the Knockout Stage:

Germany (3-0-0, 9 PTS, 5 GF, 2 GA) vs. Sweden (1-0-2, 5 PTS, 3 GF, 2 GA)
Argentina (2-0-1, 7 PTS, 8 GF, 0 GA) vs. Mexico (1-1-1, 4 PTS, 4 GF, 3 GA)
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England (2-0-1, 7 PTS, 5 GF, 3 GA) vs. Ecuador (2-1-0, 6 PTS, 5 GF, 3 GA)
Portugal (3-0-0, 9 PTS, 5 GF, 1 GA) vs. Netherlands (2-0-1, 7 PTS, 3 GF, 1 GA)
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Italy (2-0-1, 7 PTS, 5 GF, 1 GA) vs. Australia (1-1-1, 4 PTS, 5 GF, 5 GA) vs.
Brazil (3-0-0, 9 PTS), 7 GF, 1 GA) vs. Ghana (2-1-0, 6 PTS, 4 GF, 3 GA)
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Switzerland (2-0-1, 7 PTS, 4 GF, 0 GA) vs. Ukraine (2-1-0, 6 PTS, 4 GF, 5 GA)
Spain (3-0-0, 9 PTS, 8 GA, 1 GA) vs. France (1-0-2, 5 PTS, 3 GF, 1 GA)

Pre-World Cup FIFA seedings:
#1 Brazil
#2 England
#3 Spain
#4 Germany
#5 Mexico
#6 France
#7 Argentina
#8 Italy
#10 Netherlands
#13 Sweden
#17 Portugal
#23 Ecuador
#25 Switzerland
#26 Ukraine
#28 Australia
#30 Ghana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding

Matchups I would love to see in Quarters -
Argentina v. Germany
Portugal v. Ecuador

World Cup updates:

***117 goals scored through 48 matches (2.44 per match)

***15 matches were decided by one goal and 11 games ended in ties

***35 shutouts were recorded in the Group Stage

***5 teams posted perfect 3-0-0 records -- Brazil, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain

***6 other teams are undefeated thus far -- Argentina, England, Netherlands, and Switzerland are all 2-0-1, while France and Sweden are both 1-0-2

***2 squads tallied 0 points -- Costa Rica and Togo, which both finished 0-3-0

Round of 16 is set.

Well, my first prediction was awful. But, I'm going to try again based on first round results, injuries, etc. Germany over Spain in the final.

I've noticed that internationally, soccer team records are listed in the following order: wins-draws-losses as opposed to the usual American way of wins-losses-draws. I like the international way because it is in order of point value as used in most soccer competitions: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss.