Wednesday, June 23, 2010

USA Wins Group C?

This was not the easiest path, but the USA gets an extra time clincher from Donovan and win Group C (first time in 1st since 1930)  with England following in 2nd.  Same two teams most people picked but certainly not the way most imagined it.  As much as the early goal should've counted, the ref repaid us bigtime in the extra time by calling a phantom foul on a ALG late corner kick, then giving a yellow card to the one Algerian who wasn't in his face (and thus his 2nd yellow), and then keeping to the 4 minutes of extra time despite the long USA celebration and the long red card walk of shame.

So did Dempsey have a poor game or was he the unlikeliest bloke on the pitch?  Bruised, beaten, shots off goal, missed chances.

(Photo: Landon Donovan sent USA top above England in Group C with his injury-time winner. (Reuters: Amr Abdallah Dalsh))

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