http://imgur.com/WNbO2vH
There. Found it on
http://www.reddit.com/r/sportsbook, and didn't make it myself so I won't take credit for that. You won't see on the chart instances where the USA either ties or wins against Germany. Any scenario involving those outcomes = USA advances no matter what. Also you won't see ties on the Ghana/Portugal side either, because any scenario where Ghana/Portugal tie = USA advances no matter what. Lastly the boxes shaded white would mean the USA and Portugal are tied and a lottery/coin flip will be held by FIFA to decide which country advances. Yup, thats possible. The tiebreaking scenarios are this:
Points in 3 games
Goal Differential in 3 games
Goals Scored in 3 games
Points in games between teams tied
Goal Differential in games between teams tied
Goals scored in games between teams tied
Lottery/coin flip
Run through those and yeah, its possible to get down to a coin flip.
Anyways, USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
fluff everyone but MURICA