Donavan's injury time winner puts USA top of Group, England progress too
One minute they were out of the World Cup. The next, the USA were group toppers! Landon Donavon scored an injury time winner against Algeria to give US a deserved win. Meanwhile, England were much more convincing in their 1-0 win against Slovenia. Admittedly, Slovenia had one chance to score in the entire game, and the English couldn't translate their dominance, particularly in the first half into goals. But a win is a win and all of the discontent will probably be forgotten.
Jermaine DeFoe was the hero with a first half goal from a brilliant James Milner cross. Rooney
played a great game - but again failed to score. He hit the post when he looked certain to score and was later substituted by Capello for Joe Cole. Interestingly there was no handshake between Rooney and Capello as he left the field. Maybe things are still not good in that camp.
It's the first time since 1930 that the USA has topped their Group at a World Cup. And it was thoroughly deserved. Once again they had a perfectly good goal disallowed - Clint Dempsey ruled offside when he was clearly wasn't. They also had several shots very well saved and when Algeria were trying to run down the clock and settle for a draw that was actually no good to them, the USA were positive and went for it. I reckon the drama of the last minute winner will boost interest in the World Cup here ten-fold. Particularly when they topped the Group too!
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