So, as it stands, neither team advances if they don’t win, so both have to be aggressive, should be a fun half.
47th First chance to Algeria stopped on an offsides
47th Free kick to the US about 40 yards out, played it short, and stopped by a real nice choice by the Algerian keeper
49th Nice run but the feed is just a wee bit too long
49th Ball bouncing in Algerian box, but no control, and the counter gives Algeria a corner, which was dangerous. The pulling and grabbing in the box was intense
51st Nice run by Algeria leads to a corner, Algeria has come out more aggressive again, loooooong corner but not controlled
55th Not as much pace yet to this half, until a nice run is stopped by a nice defensive play
56th Bornstein has some nice defense
56th Great run out by Altidore who feeds to Dempsey who knocks if off the post and misses the open net rebound
58th Wow… the announcers asked when the ball will go in for the US, but the question when will the ball go in and be allowed
59th Going to be a nervy rest of the game
61st Lots of stuff deep in the Algerian end, but nothing really productive, I will say that I really like Altidore…
62nd …who just got a yellow from a really pretty dive by the Algerian who took three steps after the phantom contact
63rd Good attack by Algeria stopped by great defense by Bocanegra
63rd The counter leads to a chance stopped by a so-so cross by Altidore
64th Buddle for Edu. Edu had a nice first half but has not been all that apparent in the second
65th Great run but got a bit too deep, still a chance with the corner… which was another wow of a chance
68th Bad bad goal kick, leading to a fantastic US chance stopped by an even better save by the Algerian goalie
68th The Algerian counter was wide open but a really bad strike from the Algerian, this back and forth really the first bright spot of energy to an otherwise seemingly slow half
70th Nearly an own goal from Algeria leading to a corner, chance derived from nifty control on the right side, corner was a good chance but not a great one
71st Definitely more energy now
71st Nice energy by Bradley
74th Free kick earned by Altidore off of a cross by Buddle, dangerous spot… decent delivery but not converted
76th Yellow card against Algeria for not much
76th Cherundolo a nice cross but, again, no good contact on the end
78th Nice attack leads to another great free kick opportunity… great strike by Bradley but right at Mbolhi, the Algerian keeper
81st Bradley for Bornstein… 10minutes to get a goal
81st Dempsey was hammered in the box and Algeria got away with one, big time bloody lip for Dempsey
82nd Another yellow card as all of the sudden Algeria is getting chippy… might have been worthy of a red… Dempsey missed the kick
87th US being aggressive leaving some openings
OK, I have to say I really despise fans cheering because they’re on TV despite the fact that their team is in a bad situation
89th Wow, nice work by Buddle leads to a wasted chance
90th A yellow for Beasley and I’m not sure why
90th 4 minutes of added time
91st Great chance by Algeria leads to a fantastic counter…
91st GOOOOOOOAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!
91st And it didn’t come easy… great work by Mbolhi again but Donovan with the rebound
93rd And now a 2nd yellow for Yahir leading to a red as Algeria is breaking down, don’t really like the yellow, should have been on the first player in, not the second
FULL TIME!!!!
Major WOWs
Mbolhi is crushed, but he played a fantastic game
And the US goes from 3rd to 1st in Group C in extra time. The US definitely outplayed Algeria but they made it so dramatic
Wow
Did I mention wow
Amazing finish
Player of the match for me is Jozy Altidore, who really played well. Donovan got the goal, Dempsey got the one he should have, but Altidore really pushed the issue
Wow