TIME DAILY WORLD CUP SCORECARD

America lost on Monday, but it was an impressively narrow defeat against the powerful Brazilians, 1-0. The World Cup playing field has now been narrowed to eight quarter finalists, with Romania pulling off a major upset. Itnow advances, after eliminating the Maradona-less Argentine team 3-2 on Sunday. Other scores: Saturday, July 2 -- Germany squeaked by Belgium 3-2 and Spain whomped Switzerland 3-0 . . . Sunday, July 3 -- The Saudis fell to Sweden, 3-1 . .. Monday, July 4 -- The Dutch sent the Irish home by a score of 2-0 . . . Tuesday, July 5 -- Italy was victorious over Nigeria, 2-1, and Mexico lost to Bulgaria, 3-1.parparpar