well, today yields another chance to watch soccer, another chance to root for the national side, and yes, another chance to be disappointed. we'll see what happens.
9th min - olsen has a great cross into the box and klestjan misses the easy header. but, just before this, the u.s. had looked pretty good, a lot of movement just outside the box. could bode for a good start.
10th min - long ball sent into the box, sorta high, eddie johnson just can't get an outstretched boot on it.
29th min - had been somewhat uneventful and i dozed off. i awoke to hear gol and sadly it was a paraguayan celebrating. replays look like bad marking in the back. but, it also looks like keller should have made the stop.
32nd min - eddie johnson has a great run, low cross into the box, nice shot by bornstein and a fabulous save by the keeper.
40th min - clark gets his first goal for the u.s. (i think). good passing around the 18, hammered home by clark. i think the assist goes to twellman.
half time - 1 - 1. i was glad to see the u.s. not give up, but really work back from the small deficit. they came back, played good football, and their pressure resulted in a goal.
51st min - paraguay's keeper takes a goal kick and hurts himself.
55th min - again, paraguay has a guy wide open. keller cuts the angle to something difficult, but the paraguayan is still able to slot it in. 2-1. it also looked like keller was expecting his defender in the area to do something, anything, which didn't happen. i'm pissed.
72nd min - free kick to eddie johnson header, just doesn't get turned enough to get on goal. but good effort.
74th min - great run up the side by the guy subbed in for ben olson. chips it over the keeper, and just over the cross bar, too.
last ten minutes - good flurry of action from the u.s. several decent chances, including two really nice headers that the keeper managed to snare.
91st min - u.s. gives up free kick just outside the box. 5 man wall. back of the net. went right over the wall.
and it's over.
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