Most fan must have been extremely concerned when the second half began, but everyone calmed when Landon Donovan fired a shot right over the Slovenian goalies head. It was the shot of adrenaline in the US teams arm that they needed to start playing like the team we expect them to be. As the second half continued the US was able to tie the game up off the foot of the 22 year old son of the coach Michael Bradley. So at this point we know that we will at least walk away from this game with 1 point and a tie. No one was expecting what was to happen next. What was next was probably one of the worst calls I have ever seen in all of professional sports. The US scored the game winning 3rd goal off a free kick from Donovan to Maurice Edu. As soon as the ball went into the net the play was whistled dead and a penalty was called on the US by Referee Koman Coulibaly of Mali. No one was ever told who the penalty was on, or what the penalty was. After the match Donovan was asked if he every got clarification from Coulibaly on the call and he simply said, "I don't think the man spoke English". In my opinion this Referee should be demoted to covering little league soccer games.
The US plays their last group match on Wednesday, June 23rd at 10am against Algeria. If the US wins this match it will give them 5 points for group play and move them on to the second round. As of now the US is in second place in Group C, and they are only ahead of England due to scoring more goals. So the US is in a very favorable position, they control their own destiny. Keep your heads held high, and give the team good vibes on Wednesday.
USA! USA! USA!
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