2010 FIFA World Cup Expert Picks: Round of 16 Results

By John in Featured, Now!, Opinion, Soccer ⋅ June 29, 2010 at 5:24pm ⋅ Post a comment

Some people get way too happy for Ghana. We'll see if the lone African team remaining can win it all. (http://offshorecompany.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/ghana.jpg)

The Quarterfinals start Friday, and only one of the eight group winners will not be there. Guess which one it is. That’s right, it’s the world-famous disappointing soccer rejects, the Americans. They were the only SoB favored team to not win, and yours truly was the only one with the foresight to see that coming. I’d like to thank Ghana for helping to vault me into 3rd place. Arch-rivals England were booted out in a much more humiliating fashion, after scoring a goal that bounced about my entire height behind the goal line, but the refs gave a giant middle finger to England by not counting the goal. Now, FIFA will CONSIDER using replay technology, but ONLY for goal line reviews. Jim Joyce anyone?

Japan pushed Paraguay to penalty kicks before finally losing out. Tough. But at least they held Dan’s lead down, 43 points to 36. Robert’s backing everyone up at 31, but is still very much in it, with 16 points on the line in the next round. Portugal, the world’s #3, tried to help, but Ricardo Costa was red carded straight up when his counterpart on Spain took a dive. Oh, those referees.

At any rate, there’s still plenty of action left to go, with the world’s top two teams en route to a possible meeting in the Finals. Stay tuned until Friday, when the next round of predictions will be revealed, and check below to see how everyone did.

	Name	Brian	Dan	Erikk	John	KC	Robert	Teddy
Uruguay vs South Korea	Winner	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	—–	South Korea
	Minute of Winning Goal	80	33	53	52	25	—–	56
Argentina vs Mexico	Winner	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Mexico	Argentina	Argentina
	Minute of Winning Goal	55	53	39	37	65	65	21
United States vs Ghana	Winner	United States	United States	United States	Ghana	United States	United States	United States
	Minute of Winning Goal	77	87	76	15	84	80	79
Germany vs England	Winner	Germany	Germany	Germany	England	Germany	Germany	England
	Minute of Winning Goal	70	74	63	105	65	35	80
Netherlands vs Slovakia	Winner	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands
	Minute of Winning Goal	45	78	21	23	34	30	32
Paraguay vs Japan	Winner	Paraguay	Japan	Paraguay	Paraguay	Paraguay	Paraguay	Japan
	Minute of Winning Goal	63	38	44	87	22	68	60
Brazil vs Chile	Winner	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil
	Minute of Winning Goal	58	23	17	29	58	55	40
Spain vs Portugal	Winner	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Portugal	Portugal
	Minute of Winning Goal	81	59	56	105	112	70	55
Total	Points	36	43	33	35	32	31	33

Table Legend

Four point picks are bolded.
Two point picks are italicized.
Zero point picks are crossed out.

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Group Stage

	Name	Andrew	Brian	Charlie	Dan	Erikk	Jeff	John	KC	Robert	Teddy
Group A	Winner	France	France	France	France	Uruguay	Mexico	France	France	Mexico	France
	2nd Place	Mexico	Mexico	Mexico	South Africa	France	France	Mexico	Uruguay	France	Uruguay
	Total Goals	6	6	6	5	7	6	5	6	8	6
Group B	Winner	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina
	2nd Place	South Korea	Greece	South Korea	Nigeria	Nigeria	Nigeria	Nigeria	Greece	Nigeria	South Korea
	Total Goals	8	8	8	6	9	7	9	8	6	7
Group C	Winner	England	United States	England	England	England	England	England	England	United States	England
	2nd Place	United States	England	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	England	United States
	Total Goals	7	5	5	4	7	5	11	6	6	5
Group D	Winner	Serbia	Germany	Ghana	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Germany	Australia	Germany
	2nd Place	Germany	Australia	Germany	Ghana	Serbia	Serbia	Ghana	Ghana	Germany	Ghana
	Total Goals	5	6	6	5	8	6	7	8	6	8
Group E	Winner	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands
	2nd Place	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	Denmark	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	Denmark
	Total Goals	10	5	4	4	10	8	8	5	10	9
Group F	Winner	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy	Italy
	2nd Place	Paraguay	Slovakia	Paraguay	Paraguay	Paraguay	Slovakia	Slovakia	Paraguay	Slovakia	Paraguay
	Total Goals	6	10	6	3	10	5	10	8	6	8
Group G	Winner	Portugal	Portugal	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Portugal	Brazil	Brazil
	2nd Place	Brazil	Brazil	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Cote d’Ivoire	Portugal	Brazil	Portugal	Portugal
	Total Goals	8	8	8	6	8	7	9	8	11	6
Group H	Winner	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain
	2nd Place	Honduras	Switzerland	Chile	Chile	Chile	Chile	Chile	Chile	Honduras	Chile
	Total Goals	11	9	8	5	10	9	6	8	10	9
Total	Points	17	20	21	26	17	18	18	19	17	22