re: Is goal differential the first tie breaker in all forms of soccer?

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Head to head should be the tie breaker in all sports. It's the logical way of determining team placement.

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meh

in a group-based system with arbitrary points rewarded for ties/wins, it's really not

goal differential gives you a much better idea of how you played over the entire group stage

soccer is not a sport that lends itself to "one/done" formats. that is why the FA cup always has crazy teams left at the end