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By Yoel Crane - June 25, 2010
On June 23rd the US team needed to beat Algeria in order to advance to the next round. It was the last game of the group round. They had to win it for the fans, for the game of soccer in the US, for the country. They played their hearts out but couldn't find the back of the net. They kept pressing even after a goal was called back. In the 91st minute the goal that they so desperately needed was delivered. Landon Donovan, the star of the team, sealed the deal. It was an epic game with an epic finish. Millions of people around the world saw that miraculous goal.
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By Tim Leberecht - June 12, 2010
So what do you do when you are Robert Green, the English goalkeeper who fumbled the ball in the most disastrous fashion to allow the US equalizer today? One of my friends called it “the worst goalie mistake in 20 years of professional football,” and it’s hard to argue with that. The twitterverse suspects that Green was paid by BP to make up for the “spill” (in case you didn’t know, there’s nothing more political than soccer), and a US blogger even posted a YouTube video showing her son and his uncle reenacting the goal shortly after the incident.
