US Continues Futility Against England
May 29th, 2008 at 8:57 amBy Chris
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Our friends across the pond are framing this particular — and typical — beatdown of US Soccer as redemption for John Terry, who, when we last saw him, was missing a penalty that had much more on the line than yesterday’s friendly between the US and England.
I’m not sure if that’s really accurate.
When England beats the United States in soccer/futbol/football/footie, it lets us know things are normal in the cosmos. On the other hand, if the US were to win — something they haven’t done since 1993 — it might be a sign of the coming apocalypse.
Fortunately for everyone, evacuation is not necessary as England did in fact do what was expected and beat the US, 2-0. Terry opened the scoring with a nifty little header from a David Beckham (who else) cross. The second goal came from some brilliant midfield passing that freed Steven Gerrad to tuck the ball away in the far left post.
Highlights are below:
I didn’t get to see the game, but from what I can tell, the US were outclassed by the English National Team — as per usual. As they say, some things never change: water is wet, time keeps on ticking and England absolutely owns the United States when it comes to the Beautiful Game.
By the way, where was Landon Donovan? I understand his groin was giving him problems. I guess he hurt it when he played 84 minutes against Kansas City four days ago…
Stumble it!
May 30th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Yeah it was a great game but a pity we couldn’t have played like that to play at Euro 08.
Still its good that Beckham is still fighting fit. I’ve been reading about LA Galaxy goal last week against Kansas (*sniggers*).
May 30th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Games like this go to show just how far away the US is from actually competing with soccer’s elite nations. And from the looks of it, the gap has not closed at all.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:09 am
I’d hardly call the England team (in its current state) “elite”. Overpaid maybe but not as elite as say Italy or Portugal.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 am
They have the talent. The rest is just execution.