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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't think most people have seen the brackets. The US is in Group F with Chile, Sweden, and Thailand. The top TWO teams advance.  If a team wins all three matches there are NO goal differential used. They would have 9 points (3 points for a win and 1 for a tie). If the US beats Sweden they will end up in first place. If the US loses to Sweden they will end up in second place and advance. The ONLY scenario where goal differential matters is if they tie Sweden. Then they would use goal differential. And because there are 24 teams to start and they have to go down to 16 teams then 4 third place teams will advance as well. This is different than World Cup where 32 teams start and only the top two teams advance.

However, if you look at the knock out stage, the US got a really easy draw!  24 teams start out 
First place of Group F (US, Sweden, Thailand, Chile) plays 2nd place team of Group B (Germany, Spain, South Africa, China)

The SECOND place team in Group F will play the SECOND place team of E (New Zealand, Cameron, Canada, Netherlands). This is different than in the men's word cup because twop third place teams will advance.

So there was NO reason to score over 10 goals. And the celebrating that went along with it is ridiculous. 
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There is always a reason to score more goals if you are a professional player, regardless of whether goal differential will come into play for advancement.  Every player in the World Cup is trying to build their resume to help with future contracts and endorsement deals.  Many of them will get bonuses based on honors like Golden Boot or Golden Ball.  Others will just be adding to their soccer resume, and a high number of total goals scored in a WC will be a very nice thing to list so you have to get them when you can.  Others, like Morgan, will be shooting for US or world records in categories like most goals scored in a game, most goals scored in a WC, and most goals scored in a career.  All of those things will not just help for future earnings and jobs after they retire, but also for posterity. [/quote]

Soooo it wasn't about goal differential and advancing to them at all then. It was about personal achievements and incentives. Got it.[/quote]

There’s truth to both, and both are legitimate reasons to drive up the score. The belief that team sports are only about the team and not the individuals that comprise the team is naive. [/quote]

When one is celebrating a 9th or 10th goal it is no longer about celebrating advancing. It is celebrating PERSONAL achievement and that is why the celebrations were over the top and selfish. [/quote]

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