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Old 07-31-2012, 04:02 PM   #175
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Originally Posted by icarus View Post
Is GB beating Brazil a bit of an upset? My impression is that Brazil and USA are teams to avoid, so GB could be the most beatable matchup for Canada. Still not going to be easy by any stretch, especially with the home fans in Coventry, but I think Canada should have as much as a chance as they did against Sweden.
That worked out favorably in my mind for Canada.

It is always hard to play against the host country, but Brazil is traditionally the better team.

You have to think that US/GB/Can/NZ is the easier side of the bracket compared to Fra/Bra/Swe/Jpn

Looking at the world rankings.

U.S 1
Great Britain (England) 9
Canada 7
New Zealand 23

Japan 3
Sweden 4
Brazil 5
France 6

Now we just need a big game against GB and if only New Zealand can upset the Americans...

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