world cup day 13

group C wrap up. the u.s, in the las minute of the game scores the only goal of the game (one earlier disallowed) and advances with a 1-0 win over algeria. also england defeated slovenia 1-0 to advance to the round of 16. the u.s. and england with 5 pts, slovenia with 4 and algeria with 1. the u.s. gets the group with most goals scored (u.s and england both hada +1 goal differential. u.s had 4 goals and england had 2). group D action is at 12:30.

update: group D action had australia beat serbia 2-1 and germany beat ghana 1-0. germany finishes first with 6 pts. ghana and australia finish with 4 pts and serbia finished with 3. ghana finishes second over australia based on on goal differential (ghana's 0 to australia's -3). after this germany plays england in the round of 16 on sunday while ghana plays the united states on saturday.

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