Half of the groups will be settled after today. Earlier this morning Mexico lost to Portugal but still advanced to the round of sixteen; they'll play the winner of the Netherlands-Argentina match, about which, go Netherlands, because Argentina is almost as pure evil as Brazil.

The big, big action is tomorrow, of course, during Group D play at 10 AM EST, which I have to miss because I'll be in class. That's when the United States will probably not advance to the round of sixteen, unless they beat Ghana and Italy absolutely decimates beats the Czech Republic. I may tape it.

UPDATE: Willey in the comments gets it right. Italy just has to beat Czech Republic. Goal differential doesn't come into play. I guess I still can't believe that Ghana didn't just tie Czech Republic, they beat them.