At the very least tie tomorrow, and have Italy and Egypt tie, or Egypt win, which won't happen, so why are we worrying about it?
Actually, even a loss doesn't eliminate us if Egypt beats Italy. That's by far the best result for us in that game. That said, the chance of advancing without a win tomorrow is almost nil. I'm pretty sure Brazil and Italy (and FIFA) can, er, manage a result in the final game that would put them both through, if it's in their control (e.g. Egypt doesn't win tomorrow). I just hope we try to take the game at them a bit and don't Iraq it. If this were the World Cup? Sure, try for a point at all costs. In an exhibition event? Play the game.
Moses to part the red sea. Charlton Heston will do as well. We need to beat Brazil in order to have control of our own destiny so that we can progress to the next round. But i'm a bigger believer in Charlton Heston.
At this point the US needs at least 3 points to have any chance of advancing. In theory, they could advance with 3 pts, or they could get to 6 pts and still not advance. And lots of possibilities in between.
1) If we lose, Italy must lose or we are out. If they lose, we'd be looking at: Brazil 6 pts = in Italy 3 pts, GD +1 or worse Egypt 3 pts, GD even or better USA 0 pts, GD -3 or worse. We'd then need to have Brazil beat Italy, and beat Egypt by enough goals (at least 2) to make up the GD on them, and hope Brazil's win is also at least by 2. If we DRAW, then we are in with a shout no matter what happens in the other game. We'd need: Italy to beat Brazil in the last game, and we'd need to beat Egypt. Again, with a draw and then a win, we'd then be looking at: Italy 6, 7 or 9 pts = In USA 4 pts = in Brazil 4 pts = out Egypt 0, 1 or 3 pts = out. In terms of GD, we'd be at -2 going in to the last game, and Brazil at +1. With a loss they'd be even at best, we'd need to win by 3, or score a ton of goals while winning by 2. If we WIN, then its all up to us.