Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Line ups:
England
- 12 Green
- 02 G Johnson
- 03 A Cole
- 06 Terry
- 20 King
- 04 Gerrard (Captain)
- 07 Lennon
- 08 Lampard
- 16 Milner
- 10 Rooney
- 21 Heskey
Substitutes:
- 01 James,
- 23 Hart,
- 05 Dawson,
- 13 Warnock,
- 15 Upson,
- 18 Carragher,
- 11 J Cole,
- 14 Barry,
- 17 Wright-Phillips,
- 22 Carrick,
- 09 Crouch,
- 19 Defoe
USA
- 01 Howard
- 03 Bocanegra (Captain)
- 05 Onyewu
- 06 Cherundolo
- 15 DeMerit
- 04 Bradley
- 08 Dempsey
- 13 Clark
- 10 Donovan
- 17 Altidore
- 20 Robbie Findley
Substitutes:
- 18 Guzan,
- 23 Hahnemann,
- 02 Spector,
- 12 Bornstein,
- 21 Goodson,
- 07 Beasley,
- 11 Holden,
- 16 Torres,
- 19 Edu,
- 22 Feilhaber,
- 09 Herculez Gomez,
- 14 Buddle
Robert Green in goalkeeping howler as USA snatch a draw against toothless England.
On paper, England looked a solid unit bar maybe two questions posed about Robert Green in goal and Emile Heskey up front.
England got off to a flying start with a nice through ball from Heskey to allow Steven Gerrard to score easily to make it 1-0.
James Milner, playing on the left looked completely off the pace and was subbed early for Shaun Wright Philips who immediately had a positive impact on the game linking up well with Ashley Cole down the left.
Apart from the goal there really wasn't a ton of action to be had in the first half until a goalkeeping howler reminiscent of Scott Carson's blooper against Croatia, allowed the USA back in it when they really didn't deserve it.
A simple catch turned nightmare for Robert Green whose confidence must be shattered having been given the nod over David James and Joe Hart.
Second half started brightly for England with Lennon bursting down the right creating chance after chance but squandered each time by Rooney and Heskey.
As the half wore on it was evident that Lampard and Gerrard in midfield was not working and so the game suffered with not one player looking confident and really felt like they were hanging on for the draw.
Disappointing game from an England point of view but an absolute life line for the USA.
Attendance: 44,026
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