i can't decide wether the US are really that good or spain was just really unlucky that day

One of the biggest and most important wins for the US in recent years. Can't wait for us to make some noise this summer in SA, hopefully Guch and Davies can get healthy and rehab'd in time.

f**k you guys the US is good

spain loosing against USA :O....

they lost to usa c-mon spain had a good winning run

Haha, Puyol, I never get tired of that hair. It was awesome to see Donovan, Dempsey and Altidore working together like that. Also, Howard was the man. Way to go US!

us national team still blows... us was lucky to even get out of the grup stages.. they were the worst team in the last 2 world cups... period..

Only a 2/5 Match Rating? This is an instant classic!

can't wait to see the us take on brazil. we (US) will need a little luck to win but should be a good game. Another thing i can not stand american commentators. I bet i'll have to watch the game with the volume down. they give no insight and are a bunch of yelling lunatics with no style. why can't we rent one from england or something? at least for the big games. come on espn do all us americans a favor and fire that tool behind the mic

spain played like a bunch of cocky assholes...and with the help of two of the sloppiest defensive plays(whats new ramos is either making a nasty play or f*****g up) and the US defense wasnt even that good villa and torres had many balls at there feet infront of goal..but u still got to give it to US for act giving it all they got and pulling out a win vs the number 1 team in the world

usa still sucks but hey got to give credit to usa, good job

hey Tomcio, have u been to the US? You think US has no passion for football, but u are a lil bit wrong, a lot of them have football passion, not as much as in Europe. US might not have as much success as other countries but they have loads of talent over there. In fact all countries MUST have a Messi or a Villa or a Torres. Its just what the country does with the talent that matters. Somewhere along the way talents can get distracted and think about it in US they play so many sports and its the entertainment hub of the world. Like Bizrak said comfort yourself with that but despite what you think u.S BEAT Spain.

well how about that.ppl might say usa was too defensive, and that they dont deserve it, well in what book does it say playing defensive football is a crime. they worked hard to shut out spain and to me they deserve it. and they werent bad on the offensive side either, altidore using strength to beat spanish defender, and bad defending from spain coupled with a nice offensive play by us. im not american if thats what ppl are thinking but i still think us deserved it and they could go on to beat Brazil if they can beat Spain.

another thing i keep hearing is how the usa didnt deserve to move on from the group stages. ALL 3 teams other than brazil had the SAME RECORD! 1-2-0... every sport uses some sort of tie breaking system. fifa uses goal diff. then number of goals scored. why does italy or egypt deserve to progress more than the usa? someone explain this to me. cuz i've heard it said, but without any logical reason.

how is the usa lucky? i've heard this again and again on these posts. most goals involve capitalizing on defensive mistakes. you could make the same argument for the first two goals brazil scored on italy, would they have scored that goal without the defensive mistakes from the italian defenders? or the second one could argue that the goalie should've maintained control and not give the brazilians a second opportunity on goal. give me a break this is typical anti american bullshit.