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Spain: Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Gerard Pique, Joan Capdevila, Sergio Busquets, Xabi Alonso (Cesc Fabregas, 87), Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Pedro Rodriguez (Jesus Navas, 60), David Villa (Fernando Torres, 106).
The goal clinched Spain’s fourth straight 1-0 victory in South Africa and made the team only the third to be world and European champion at the same time!
The Unites States fought hard but in the end failed and lost (2-1) to the country of Ghana…for the second time (2006) in World Cup action…”Soccer can be a cruel game,” Landon Donovan said. “Sometimes you’re at the top and sometimes you are at the bottom of the mountain.”…..With Donovan, Dempsey and Howard in the primes of their careers, the U.S. had high expectations coming off a first-round exit four years ago. Because a growing fan base watched on television in record numbers, the loss was even more stinging for a team still struggling for recognition both in the soccer world and among sports fans in America…after watching the World Cup from an American point of view, I have come to this decesion, if you want to see an American winning soccer team then get behind the U.S.A. Women’s team, they deserve more publicity than the men’s team…the women’s team has actually won the World Cup twice 1991, & 1999…but yet as usual in America the big advertising bucks and the big publicity goes to the Men’s team….but do they really deserve it…that last minute win against Algeria was nice…but let’s be real. We should have spanked Algeria, soccer experts will tell you that Algeria was lucky to even be in the World Cup, they upset a strong Egypt team to qualify for the tournament, the Slovenia game, yea we were a better team and we should have won that game….but you know the story ….so for us to move into the elimination round was a good step in the right direction….but for us to compete with the Ghana’s of the world…we still have a long way to go…to even think about winning a World Cup against the likes of Brazil, Spain, & Argentina….we still have a long long way to go
Women’s World Cup will be held in Germany in 2011
After coming within minutes of elimination, Landon Donovan’s late winner lifted the United States to first place in Group C with five points, topping a World Cup group for the first time since 1930.…up next for the Americans is a tough proud squad from Ghana….Donovan slotted in the rebound after Algeria goalkeeper Rais Bolhi had stopped Clint Dempsey’s shot from close range in the first minute of injury time. It was his fourth World Cup goal, equaling Bert Patenaude’s U.S. record….”We believe man. We’re alive baby!” said Donovan, in tears at times after the match.
The United States had lost the last group stage match in the five previous World Cup tournaments…..GO U.S.A.!!!
The USA mens soccer team scored a huge upset over the world’s #1 team Spain today by the score of 2-0, they now advance to the Confederations Cup Final this Sunday against Brazil or South Africa………this is no doubt the biggest victory in USA Soccer history!!
