Alan e-mailed us last night with a post that he wrote for Slate magazine. Don't bother asking me why I don't run that magazine yet, I seem like a shoe in no?
Anyhow, he was at the US-Turkey friendly in Philly on Saturday which neither Shimer or I could go to. So without further ado, Alan's recap of the 2-1 American win.
Hope you caught at least the highlights of the game or maybe like me, you watched the whole thing last night at 1am like the hopeless soccer junkie I've become once again. The US came out really slow in the first half and Turkey struck first although they should have been up 3-0 at the half.
It was a completely different story in the second half as the field tilted towards the Turks. As Alan pointed out, Landon Donovan was all over the field and he had pretty assists on both goals: by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey.
Jonathan Bornstein did his best to blow it by getting absolutely abused on a crossing attempt by Turkey but the US was able to hold on for the nail-biting (well at least as friendlies go) 2-1 victory.
As I write this, the US has arrived in South Africa. They have one more exhibition: on Saturday (8:30 a.m. EST) against Australia before the 2010 World Cup begins on June 11. US-England is June 12 at 1:30 p.m. EST.
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