 U.S. Team celebrates Donovan's goal - ISIPhotos
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Soccer fans, like all sports buffs, like trivia. Here are some new fun facts to share:
• The U.S. is unbeaten in the World Cup. America's soccer team has won or tied every game in this World Cup.
• The U.S. won its group at the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1930 -- that's 80 years ago.
• Robbie Findley returns from a one-match ban for yellow card accumulation served for the Algeria match.
• Landon Donovan’s 91st minute goal against Algeria made him the only American player to score multiple goals in two World Cups. His second-half goal against Slovenia a week ago sparked the U.S. comeback, and the USA’s all-time leader in scoring also netted twice in 2002 against Poland and Mexico. This goal also made him a house-hold name in America and helped popularize the sport across the country.
• Tim Howard posted the first shutout by a U.S. goalkeeper in the World Cup since the famous 2-0 victory against Mexico on June 17, 2002, in the Round of 16 in Korea/Japan.
THE LAST 16: By virtue of winning Group C at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the U.S. Men’s National Team will face Ghana in the Round of 16 on Saturday, June 26, at 11:30 AM PST
Soccer Quote of the Day: U.S. Men’s National Team Head Coach BOB BRADLEY when asked about how three minutes can change a game said “That’s the game. It’s the reason that we say over and over that there are certain things we can’t control, calls, bounces. It makes it all the more important that the area that you can control, what you’re all about, how you go about your business, how you play, the level of commitment that you put into the game. Those things become key and you find a comfort level in the sense that you know what it feels like to give everything you have an put everything you have into something, whether you’re a player or a coach. That’s just the way it works.”