Incidentally, the US got soundly beaten, so the red card affair may soon be forgotten. In some respects, this night turn out to be the best outcome for him.
In any case, there seems to be a heavy bias toward western European teams, though most of them being traditional football superpowers. So far only one non-European team made it to the next round (Morocco), although there is guaranteed to be at least one more (from Argentina vs. Egypt), and Colombia is heavily favored against Switzerland.
