Bittersweet Comeback For USA

Wow!  What a game.  The US rallied for an amazing comeback to tie Slovenia 2-2 and keep their hopes of advancing in the World Cup alive.  Despite the great play from the US in the second half, the two great goals, and the most exciting game of the World Cup so far, the story will focus on what could have been…what should have been.  If you’re following soccer at all, you know we were robbed of one of the greatest comebacks in WC history when an 85^th minute goal by Maurice Edu was called back for…well, no one really knows why, not even the ref.  If you’ve seen it, I’m sure you have your own opinion of how horrible/unfair/BS it was.  I don’t even know what to say about it, and probably can’t add anything that hasn’t been said already, so we’ll just link to the top recaps and opinions by professionals:

ESPN recap:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264045&cc=5901&ver=us

The Bleacher Report has a good article on it with quotes from Donovan:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/408138-fifa-world-cup-2010-usa-2-slovenia-2-a-clear-case-of-injustice

Jamele Hill’s (great writer) piece on ESPN:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story/_/columnist/hill_jemele/id/5302691/ce/us/lousy-way-settle-tie?cc=5901&ver=us

Former US Player Eric Wynalda (Yahoo! Sports) takes it to the next level:

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/video/ssworldcup-19013964/did-the-usa-lose-a-win-20404462

Ha! The Slovenian coach didn’t think the ref mattered:

http://g.ca.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/Everyone-knows-ref-blew-it-except-Slovenian-coa?urn=sow,249627

Grades for the US Players (if you play FIFA, these will be interesting to you):

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story/_/id/5301370/ce/us/us-gets-improbable-tie-slovenia?cc=5901&ver=us

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