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United States 1, South Africa 0: Player Ratings

It was an impressive performance by a young group as the team were solid defensively and were able were dangerous on the counter as they even scored a nice goal in the 85th minute when Mikkel Diskerud played a ball

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United States 2, Poland 2: Player Ratings

United States took the lead twice only to lose it twice to a Polish side that gave them lots of problems defensively. The US started the game off brightly and struck first in the 13th minute when Jermaine Jones lobbed

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Brazil 2, United States 0: Player Ratings

I would have liked to have provided some perspective on the game last night, but I didn’t have much as I was unfortunate enough to have missed the first half of the game due to what can be kindly described

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Ghana 2, United States 1: Recap and Player Ratings

Sadly the run is over. United States fell in extra time 2-1 to Ghana. They dug themselves a hole early going behind 1-0 in the 5th minute on a Kevin-Prince Boateng goal. Boateng was gifted the ball after Ricardo Clark

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United States 1, Algeria 0: Recap and Player Ratings

This was an incredible game. I won’t go into it that much in terms of a recap as the story of the game is posted all over the place and I have my live commentary as well. The game marks

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Slovenia 2, United States 2: Recap and Player Ratings

It was another mixed game for the United States. They started off poorly and dug themselves a 2-0 hole, but a furious comeback for the United States earned them a 2-2 draw. Controversially, the United States were denied a late

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England 1, United States 1: Thoughts And US Player Ratings

The game finally happened and there were certainly talking points in the game as the United States earned a 1-1 draw in the opening game of its World Cup campaign against England. The United States got off to a bad

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United States 2, Turkey 1: Player Ratings

This game was a tale of two halves. The US was lethargic and consistently giving up chances to Turkey and were punished by Arda Turan, who scored the opener in the 27th minute after being left completely unmarked on the

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Czech Republic 4, United States 2: Player Ratings

It was not a particularly impressive performance by a United States squad that did not feature some of their best offensive weapons. However, the game showed some frailties in defense as the team surrendered 4 goals in a loss to

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Netherlands 2, United States 1: Player Ratings

The United States received a stern test as they struggled to create chances against the Netherlands. They approached the game too passively and allowed the Netherlands to hold the ball too easily. Despite that, the United States did not surrender

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