U-20 World Cup update

Saturday July 7, 07
Uruguay U20 0 - 2 Zambia U20
Spain U20 4 - 2 Jordan U20
Scotland U20 1 - 2 Costa Rica U20
Japan U20 0 - 0 Nigeria U20

Sunday July 8, 07
Chile U20 02 : 00 Austria U20
Canada U20 02 : 00 Congo U20
New Zealand U20 23 : 15 Mexico U20
Portugal U20 23 : 15 Gambia U20

Groups A & C are the final pieces of the knock-out round puzzle. A lot of teams, including Brazil, have their fingers crossed hoping to sneak on through. Portugal-Gambia, in particular, is a pivotal match.

Definitely in:
Chile, Spain, Zambia, Mexico, USA, Poland, Argentina, Czech, Japan, Nigeria

In-betweeners:
Uruguay, Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, Portugal, Gambia, Congo

Definitely out:
Scotland, South Korea, Panama, North Korea, Canada, Jordan, New Zealand

6 of the 7 in-betweeners will be moving on and I'm picking Gambia as the odd man out. Argentina is easily the best team I've watched so far and should be the favorite to defend their 2003 Copa. USA is probably 2nd best that I've watched (which certainly isn't everybody). Spain, Mexico, Czech and Nigeria are the ones I'm keeping an eye on.