Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Late goal spells relief for USA

Landon Donovan of the United States celebrates after scoring the  winning goal against Algeria
“It was one of those games when the ball just didn’t want to go in.” That familiar lament is one the USA players were probably preparing to utter as their must-win match with Algeria went into injury time. Fortunately for the North Americans it did not turn out to be one of those games, with Landon Donovan prodding home from close range to send Bob Bradley’s men through to the Round of 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

“You do have days where you think it’s never going to go over the line, no matter how hard you try. Today, luckily it did,” the goal hero said afterwards, fresh from the team receiving a congratulatory visit from former US President Bill Clinton. “In fact I always felt as if we would score sooner or later. source:http://www.fifa.com

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