FINAL SCORE -
ENGLAND - 1
(Gerrard 4')
USA - 1
(Dempsey 40')
What a wonderful entertaining game! This is how all WC matches should be played.
The second half was one of the most keenly contested halves you ll ever get to see. It was really heartening to see the USA team match England pretty much shot for shot, effort for effort. More than 30 shots were attempted at goal (2 of which materialised), and both goalkeepers were kept very busy till the very end. It was fast, it was challenging and it was really competitive. I was really impressed by the USA defender (the bearded fellow...I forgot his name) who had Rooney covered all through the match.
Plenty of chances for both sides. None really mattered in the end. You can imagine all sorts of scorelines for such matches, and this is a perfect example of even a drawn match providing so much fantastic entertainment.
The best match of the WC so far.
Escape and joy for USA. Smirks and shake of heads for England. They need to pull up their socks for the next game. USA can only improve from here on.
Time for bed now. Night, folks.