England remembered how to play soccer today, beating Slovenia 1-0 off a beautiful goal from Jermaine Dafoe. They were playing with urgency, speed and looked good in the midfield and now they get Germany.
The United States played a nailbiter against Algeria today before Landon Donovan's late heroics lifted the United States into the round of 16 and to the top of their group for the first time since 1930. (This despite another perfectly valid and onside goal that was disallowed by the ref, raising the question of possible bias against the United States.)
Now, the United States gets Ghana and England gets Germany. Both of which are going to be some of the best match-ups of the Round of 16, I think. England-Germany is almost a rivalry on the level of England-Argentina and Ghana is young, has speed and will keep the United States busy. (Key for the USA: not conceding goals early. They didn't today and got the job done.)
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