The US soccer team just tied England 1-1. And they actually had more possession time and outplayed England in the first half. I didn’t think the US had the same crisp passing in the second half, playing in a bit of defensive crouch. It wasn’t until the second half that England looked like a superior team, and the difference was slight. They have an easier time creating scoring opportunities than the US, but their goaltending is vastly inferior. I was surprised that the US side was willing to press the attack. That hasn’t been the case in previous World Cups against top teams.
For a few brief moments it looked America might even pull off an upset. On the English side, the match will be remembered for the sloppy goal that their goaltender Robert Green allowed. It was the type of goal you might see in a middle school game. The UK press is going to be apoplectic about this result, and they’ll be questioning all kinds of moves that their coach made. The Americans are ecstatic to get a point out of their hardest match of the preliminary round.
The US plays again on the eighteenth, against Slovenia. England plays Algeria the same day.
My teenaged niece could have stopped that. USA is damn, damn lucky to be walking away with the draw, frankly.
Oh well. I’ll take the point.
Better’n a sharp stick in the eye any day……
IF we stay healthy and continue at least at this level, I’d think we have a fighting chance to make the final four….
crossing fingers….
This is kinda funny:
British press wags now seem to be calling it the “Hand of Clod” goal.
true, but we also got unlucky on the shot that hit the post. That coulda been a gamewinner.
Took pity on Green. It was a hard struck shot by Jozy and Green mis-played it right into the post.
Yeah. So close.
What I admire most about this game is that the team could have just shriveled up and thought, “We’re done here.”
But they didn’t. Love that.
I think England has more talent, for sure, but this is a team sport and perhaps they’re not playing as a team. Kinda like the U.S. Basketball team that didn’t get the gold although absolutely brimming with individual talent–didn’t play as a team.
Ghana beat Serbia 1-nil on a penalty kick. Stupid handball in the penalty area late in the match, and we have a second goat at the World Cup.
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I love it, see video: “It’s not easy being Green”
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."Oh man, well I was really disappointed to see the US team loses to Ghana, but hey, since soccer isn’t a popular sport here (unlike baseball, basketball, football etc.) it’s not a big surprise. Maybe we should start playing soccer if we want to see decent results in soccer tournaments.