The US is still alive, but barely

The US tied Italy 1-1 in a very roughly-played and poorly-officiated World Cup game today.

The US had a goal in about the 70th minute taken away, so El-ahrairah's prediction of a 2-1 US victory was on its face correct. I'm not an expert, but the goal looked good to me. Still, we can advance to the second round if Italy beats the Czechs and the US beats Ghana next week. All is not lost.

Yet.