Monthly Archives: June 2014

Player Ratings: Germany 1, United States 0

The US played a very tentative game and were helped by the Portuguese as they advanced to the second round. There were about 20 minutes in the second half where it felt nervy as Ghana was a goal away from

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Player Ratings: United States 2, Portugal 2

They were so close, but now they have some major work still to do. The US started off with an unlucky clearance from Geoff Cameron that fell to Nani who had an easy finish. The US grew into the game

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Player Ratings: United States 2, Ghana 1

Well that was a crazy game. The US started off quickly working a great 1-2 between Clint Dempsey and Jermaine Jones which Dempsey used to cut inside and score a goal only thirty seconds into the game. Ghana controlled possession

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Player Ratings: United States 2, Nigeria 1

The final warm-up game for the US was their most impressive securing a 2-1 victory over Nigeria that was not as close as it appears with Nigeria notching a late penalty in the closing minutes. The biggest news coming out

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Player Ratings: United States 2, Turkey 1

The US second game in the send off series was a much more even battle that the US was able to win despite giving up numerous chances to Turkey. The Us did have well in attack and their two goals

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