Saturday, June 12, 2010

England-United States Player Ratings

It was a tale of two goalkeepers.

For the United States, Tim Howard valiantly battled England attackers all day, helping the Americans to a 1-1 draw.

As for England, Robert Green's gaffe on a Clint Dempsey shot in the first half proved costly. It was a speculative effort by Dempsey that was not deserving of a goal. Will this error make England manager Fabio Capello rethink his options at goalkeeper? We'll find out.

Check out my player ratings for both sides below the jump.

Ratings: 1-10 (10=best)

UNITED STATES

GK-Tim Howard: solid in net for the entire match--8
D-Carlos Bocanegra: did well to contain England's speedy wingers--7
D-Oguchi Onyewu: won some crucial headers and looked 100 percent--7
D-Jay DeMerit: kept Rooney under wraps until late second half--7.5
D-Steve Cherundolo: made some good runs down right flank--7
M-Michael Bradley: should have done better in attack, but solid--6
M-Ricardo Clark: unimpressive; failed to mark Gerrard on England's goal--5
M-Landon Donovan: didn't do anything wrong, but nothing spectacular--6.5
M-Clint Dempsey: scored, but didn't do much else--6.5
F-Jozy Altidore: held the ball well and should have scored once--7
F-Robbie Findley: rough early, but settled down and showed his pace--5.5

Subs:

F-Edson Buddle: didn't show much in his limited time--4.5
M-Stuart Holden: see above--4.5

ENGLAND

GK-Robert Green: it will be tough to live down his crucial mistake--3
D-Glen Johnson: made some good crosses; dangerous in second half--6
D-Ledley King: subbed off at halftime--5
D-John Terry: made some good tackles when needed--5.5
D-Ashley Cole: nothing spectacular from the Chelsea player--5
M-Aaron Lennon: went on a couple exciting runs in first half--5.5
M-Frank Lampard: needs to do better to make England successful--5
M-Steven Gerrard: scored early in game, made some good tackles--6.5
M-James Milner: came off in 30th minute, received yellow card--4
F-Wayne Rooney: surprisingly quiet game, did better late in second half--5.5
F-Emile Heskey: assisted only goal, held ball well--6

Subs:

M-Shaun Wright-Phillips: extended time off bench, but didn't impress--4.5
D-Jaime Carragher: his lack of pace almost cost England a goal--4.5
F-Peter Crouch: failed to create any scoring chances in limited time--4


1 comments:

Anonymous said...

You only gave Tim Howard an 8?? The guy had one of the most amazing performances in net that you will ever see, 17 saves. He put the entire team/country on his back and kept the U.S.A. in this game...he deserves an 11

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