Back and forth opening few minutes. Maurice Edu and Steve Cherundolo both make good plays to step up and steal the ball.
Ribery looks in top form for France, I assume he's having a nice season with Bayern Munich. Love his game, he's relentless.
Ugh two goals in five games under Jurgen Klinsmann. The U.S. is 1-3-1 overall in those five matches.
Not a fan of the France jerseys, they look like rugby jerseys with the stupid collar. Benzema looks offside (since he waited for a ball to come to him, behind the U.S. defense) but he bungles it out of bounds.
Altidore was wide open but Williams put it way over his head and out for a throw in.
Chandler with a decent ball near France's goalkeeper but nobody could run onto it.
I know I say this every time I see him but will Shea ever cut his hair? He'll never be taken seriously looking like that.
Haha France with an obvious offside nullifies a slight break they had with numbers.
Pretty back heel by Benzema leads to a bozo teammate taking a dumb shot from outside the box.
Altidore with a move in the box, gets taken down but no call given. It was a flop, no way it gets called for a PK.
On second view, Altidore got tossed down after putting it through a defender's legs. That actually could have been a foul.
The U.S. is lacking good passes and touch in the attacking third-a constant them with this group.
France with a nice cross but Howard grabs it before they can connect.
Williams draws a clear foul in the middle of the field. A bunch of the U.S. and France players are all tatted up-a nod to its NBA brethren that are locked out.
Shea is showing more defensive ability than I knew he possessed.
France draws a foul on Chandler that was a bit of a flop. French free kick on the edge of the box gets cleared out of danger.
Ribery with France's best chance thus far. He backheeled a cross, just wide.
Great hair on some French clown, a dyed blonde mohawk. Everybody knows France is one of the fashion capitals of the world.
Cherundolo wins a corner kick; Edu heads it down but no teammates are there to pounce on it.
France counterattack but the U.S. gets back and Goodson blocks the shot with his chest. Ouch, that always hurts.
The announcers (Darke and Harkes) are debating whether Landon Donovan should be here. In my mind it doesn't matter: a friendly or the MLS Cup. Neither are that important, sorry three MLS fans.
Jozy with a nice turn in the box but he shoots it wide. 12 U.S. goals for Altidore, who's still only 22. Donovan is the only U.S. player with more goals at that young an age.
Williams has been in position for many plays but he keeps falling down and looking for calls. Gotta be stronger on his feet.
Should have been a goal for France: Ribery pulled it back and Menez fired it over from inside the box.
Dangerous ball into the U.S. area but France can't go get it.
Chandler looked like somebody in my men's league. He ran right at the defender but forgot to make a move and got taken down hard (cleanly). Chandler goes off the field for a second but returns after the U.S. throws the ball back to France.
Halftime: 0-0. The U.S. acquitted themselves pretty well in the first half although would it kill them to make more of an effort to try and score some goals? I'm starting to get convinced that they believe they can win 0-0.
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