I get a feeling that I'm gonna see ideal collusion between two countries to advance to 2nd round. Two countries can honestly tie and advance. As long as Portugal and Ghana doesn't beat each other by 4 point difference, Germany can afford to lose and still advance because of their 4-0 victory over Portugal. Germany's coach Joachim Low, and US's coach Jurgen Klinsmann are both good friends. During 2006, when Klinsmann was the coach for Germany, Joachim Low was an assistant manager. And there's not really too much incentive to play for first place because they're likely to play Belgium or Algeria, which none of them are powerhouses such as Argentina, Brazil, etc.
Two countries not needing to beat each other at all cost to advance, two countries with good friendship, two coaches with good friendship, I get a feeling Germany and the US will likely both clinch off with a tie.
