tiebreaker

Due to the head-to-head tiebreaker, it would need a two-goal win over Croatia at Hampden on Friday and similar in Poland on Monday.

The Dodgers narrowly won the NL West after defeating the Colorado Rockies in a tiebreaker game.

If that happens, the conference champion would be determined by a series of tiebreakers, including goal differential and total goals scored; the Galaxy have comfortable leads in both categories.

By virtue of their head-to-head record, the Padres held the tiebreaker over the Dodgers, which means they would have won the division if they finished with the same regular-season record.

With the tiebreaker, Arizona effectively would have been 3½ games back in the standings.