Match 5 | England vs. USA | June 12 | Post-Match Thread [R]

I'll take the point.

 

People are overrating Howard's performance.
All english shots were straight at him.

He is a very good keeper, but this game was easy for him.

 

That shot to the chest was brutal though, you can't deny that.

 

Except for Lampards which was heading for the back of the net.

 

Well the USA sucks at soccer, and we just tied England so....

 

why is everyone getting upset? yes england should beat the US, but england didnt play well and the united states showed they can cope. Dempseys goals was lucky but I think we played well enough to earn a draw.

 

But even Green would have saved that

 

Hesky was Englands biggest threat U.S. got lucky in that they didnt see Rooney very often.

 

yea it was pretty sweet.

 

Yeah, that was awesome.

 

The U.S. wasn't "lucky". Either the U.S. defense did good in negating him, or Rooney was shit today... what was it?

 

I thought both teams were relatively poor, even though the US will obviously be happier with the result. England were there for the taking on the break in the last 30 mins, but aside from Altidore's chance, the US created nothing in the 2nd half. And of course their only goal was from complete joke goalkeeping.

As for England, they showed weakness at goalkeeper (ha!) and against pace in central defence. Plus Rooney was way below his best. A pretty sobering performance for those who have high expectations of them.

 

Not trying to start anything but...Rob Green is the new Tony Romo in sports right now, and for those who watch american football....you know what i mean lol

 

Lucky? More like Jay Demerit marked Rooney out of the game.

 

Great game by the US. Shows how they're able to compete with the world class opponents. Howard MOTM for sure.

 

This was basically a win for the US. They could have easily got nothing if England had kept on playing like they did in the first 20' or so, so to come away with a draw is very handy indeed.

As for England... all the old cliches spring to mind. Capello came into this job to put them to rest but as he watched his team he must have been thinking 'did I even make a difference?'.

 

I wonder how hard it would be for us USA fans to send flowers to Green ...

 

there is a reason for that....

 

What does that have to do with being a good keeper?

Sure he was in control and gave confidence to his backline, but compare his saves with the ones made by the Nigerian keeper earlier. Or South Africa's.

I'm not saying Howard doesn't have quality! Just pointing that this game wasn't even a proper test of his skills.