Surviving the group of death

The United States enters the World Cup in the “group of death,” considered to be the most competitive collection of teams in the group stage. The U.S. team will play Ghana, Portugal and a tournament favorite, Germany. Only two of the four teams will advance to the knockout stage. Here’s a look at how group of death survivors fared in previous World Cup competitions.

Graphics reporting by Mitchell Houston Lorena Iñiguez Elebee @latimesgraphics