Observation: ESPN soccer commentators are idiots who need to stop bringing everything back to the US/Italy game.
Observation: Trinidad & Tobago were unlucky.
Prediction: Neither England nor Sweden will advance past the Round of 16.
Prediction: Italy 2 USA 0
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