More of a World Cup format question than anything, but I was playing out the hypotheticals for the US. Kudos to me for paying attention as a non-soccer fan, but let's say the US doesn't win against Algeria. Let's say they draw, finishing the tournament with 3 points at 0-0-3.
I was trying to run hypotheticals in my head for if they could still manage to get to the Final 16. The best scenario obviously would be England-Algeria (Draw), US-Algeria (Draw as assumed in my hypothetical), and Slovenia over England. In that case, Slovenia has 7 points, the US has 3, England has 2, and Algeria has 2.
The other hypothetical I came up with all 3 remaining matches end in a draw, unlikely I know, but I'm curious about the hypothetical. If that happens, you have Slovenia with 5 points, England and the US both with 3 points, and Algeria with 2.
What's the tiebreaker for England-US in that scenario? I know Goal differential is the first tiebreaker, but if both teams are 0-0-3, then both teams will have a 0 goal differential. What's the next tiebreaker? Does it eventually get to a coin flip or something else like that?
I was trying to run hypotheticals in my head for if they could still manage to get to the Final 16. The best scenario obviously would be England-Algeria (Draw), US-Algeria (Draw as assumed in my hypothetical), and Slovenia over England. In that case, Slovenia has 7 points, the US has 3, England has 2, and Algeria has 2.
The other hypothetical I came up with all 3 remaining matches end in a draw, unlikely I know, but I'm curious about the hypothetical. If that happens, you have Slovenia with 5 points, England and the US both with 3 points, and Algeria with 2.
What's the tiebreaker for England-US in that scenario? I know Goal differential is the first tiebreaker, but if both teams are 0-0-3, then both teams will have a 0 goal differential. What's the next tiebreaker? Does it eventually get to a coin flip or something else like that?