Wednesday, June 23, 2010

GOOOOOOOOAL!!!

So I just finished watching the USA's last shot at advancing to the next round of the World Cup. I woke up around 8:30 to watch the kick off coverage. Going into the game, the USA just needed to win to advance or for England to draw. The USA got robbed several times on goals with questionable calls, and for most of the game it looked hopeless as England was winning their game. After two hours of watching the game, it went into stoppage time. The officials added 4 minutes to the clock. The USA started their attack and survived a couple of close goals by Algeria. Then, in the 91st minute, the USA got a good pass from Howard (the goalie) and started their attack down field. They got really got close to the goal and shot and missed BUT Landan Donivan rebounded the miss and pounded it into the left side of the goal! After all the time invested into watching the game, I jumped up and started cheering! I felt so happy for our guys! GO USA! If the USA didn't score that goal, then they would have been eliminated from the World Cup. As it turns out the USA won the group with the victory and advances to the next round of the World Cup. This is the first time since 1930 that the USA has won their group!

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