Will Johnson of Canada gets clipped and flops at the top of the U.S. box but doesn't get the call. Maybe if people knew who you were you'd get a call guy.
Haha Johnson gets a step past Bocanegra but the ball goes off his shin pad and out for a U.S. goal kick.
The Ford Field grass (installed this weekend) is looking all beat up. Shocking since Detroit is known for it's lush agriculture.
Michael Bradley gets a yellow card for yanking on a Canadian player's shoulders. Apparently, single yellows get wiped out after group play.
Johnson gets a yellow on basically the next sequence with an ugly tackle from behind on Jones. That was much worse than Bradley's play.
Canada wins a free kick but the pass into the box gets headed wide. The U.S. is not doing much positive at the moment, time to wake up!
Bradley with a nice ball to Altidore, who mistimes his leap but a Canada defender knocks it out for a corner. After a scramble, Bradley's cross goes over the goal and out of bounds.
Is this real life? Canada is breaking guys down but just can't get the final shot off on Howard.
Dunfeld on Canada is down, stretching his leg. Haha Altidore stomped on his foot when he ran by (not intentional).
Oh baby, now we're talking. Cherundolo with a nice cross, deflected by Hirschfeld, Dempsey tries to do a crazy volley but it's deflected out for a corner.
Great goal by Dempsey. Altidore feeds him (deflected by Agudelo) and Dempsey slides bfore connected for a sweet goal in the 62nd minute. 2-0 U.S.
Chris Wondolowski in for Agudelo. Canada also makes a sub, Johnson out and Ali Gerba in.
Wow Gerba with a screamer that got deflected over by a diving Howard. 2nd corner for Canada. That snipe came out of nowhere from some guy I've never heard of.
Altidore gets taken down in the box but rather than get the call, he gets called for a foul. Weird.
After that, Altidore's day is over. Nice opener for Jozy, 1 goal and 1 assist. Sasha Kljestan is in for him, Dempsey moves to forward.
Side note: Former MLS and U.S. national team player Kyle Marinho has been a revelation on commentary with the always solid JP Delacamera.
Canada with another good chance but they're called offsides again (correctly).
Maurice Edu (the U.S.' last sub) is in for Jones. Good game for Jones, he had a couple nice runs (both ways). I'm a fan of his style: toughness and no frills.
Another U.S. corner (their 7th). How about one more goal fellas? De Roasario out and Robert Friend (haha great name) in. And some other Canadian bum is out and another nobody is in. The end.
Couple nice moves by Simpson (Canada).
Howard stops by to make a couple ridiculous saves. Canada corner.
Haha they showed the replay, Howard made 3 excellent saves in a few seconds. What a stud.
Edu with a header out of bounds for a Canada corner. Nice job to get it out of danger.
2 minutes of stoppage time.
Dempsey working on two guys in the box goes down. A little theatrical but if he got a PK out of it, you could understand why.
Game over.
Final: U.S. 2, Canada 0
Decent bounce back performance by the U.S. after getting embarrassed by Spain on Saturday. I'm still confident that I could suit up for Bob Bradley and they'd still get this result but hey, at least they won (by more than 1 goal).
Man of the match: Altidore
Up next: vs. Panama on Saturday
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