PHP - Array Question

$url="http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/scorestrip/postseason/ss.xml ";
  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);    // get the url contents
  $data = curl_exec($ch); // execute curl request
  curl_close($ch);
  
  $xml = simplexml_load_string($data);
  
 $games = array(
   'REG' => array(),
   'WC' => array(), 
   'DIV' => array(), 
   'CON' => array(),
   'SB'  => array()
 );
 
 foreach($xml->gms->g as $game) { // it's a single game
  // if (!empty($game['vtn']))
   {
     $games[(string) $game['gt']][] = $game;
   }
 }
 ?>
<div class='ticker'>
   			<ul>
 
     <?php
     foreach ($games as $gametype => $subgames) {
       foreach ($subgames as $game) {
         if ($game['gt'] == 'REG') {
       ?>
           <li data-subcategory='Regular Season' data-category='Week <?= $game['w'] ?>' data-color='1979ab'>
             <a href='#'><b><?= $game['h'] ?> <?= $game['hs'] ?>  <?= $game['v'] ?>  <?= $game['vs'] ?></b></a>
           </li>
           <?php
         } else if ($game['gt'] == 'WC') {
           ?>
           <li data-subcategory='Round 1' data-category='Wild Card Games' data-color='1979ab'>
             <a href='#'><b><?= $game['htn'] ?> <?= $game['hs'] ?>  <?= $game['vtn'] ?>  <?= $game['vs'] ?></b></a>
           </li>
           <?php
         } else if ($game['gt'] == 'DIV') {
           ?>
           <li data-subcategory='Round 2' data-category='Divisional Games' data-color='14ab05'>
             <a href='#'><b><?= $game['htn'] ?> <?= $game['hs'] ?>  <?= $game['vtn'] ?>  <?= $game['vs'] ?>  <?= $game['d'] ?> at <?= $game['t'] ?></b></a>
           </li>
           <?php
         } else if ($game['gt'] == 'CON') {
           ?>
           <li data-subcategory='Championship Games' data-category='Conference Games' data-color='000000'>
             <a href='#'><b><?= $game['htn'] ?> <?= $game['hs'] ?>  <?= $game['vtn'] ?>  <?= $game['vs'] ?>  <?= $game['d'] ?> at <?= $game['t'] ?></b></a>
           </li>
           <?php
         } else if ($game['gt'] == 'SB') {
           ?>
           <li data-subcategory='<img src=localhost/joomla/modules/mod_scores/images/nfl.png>' data-category='Super Bowl' data-color='000000'>
             <a href='#'><b><?= $game['htn'] ?> <?= $game['hs'] ?>  <?= $game['vtn'] ?>  <?= $game['vs'] ?>  <?= $game['d'] ?> at <?= $game['t'] ?></b></a>
           </li>
           <?php
         }
       }
     }
     ?>
   </ul>
 </div>