U.S. Team Coach Bob Bradley:
On Tim Howard’s injury: 
“Our trainers went on the field and took a look, felt that he could continue. Timmy as always never wants to come off, and now we’ll assess over the next few days how he’s feeling.” 


 

U.S. Defender and Captain CARLOS BOCANEGRA: 

On Tim Howard’s injury: 
“Scary. Both of them were going for the ball, Hesky laid out, Timmy laid out, just one of those things that happen. Timmy was strong and thank goodness he was alright to stay in the match.” 


 

On their gritty team performance: 
“That’s how we play. We play scrappy, we play hard, we fight for 90 minutes in a big group effort, and tonight it showed. I thought our center-halfs played fantastic, Stevie on the right did very well to shut down their speedy wingers. The forwards did well, the midfielders came in tight and ran over to cover for us, it was a really big team effort. That’s something you need against a big team like England.” 


 


U.S. Goalkeeper TIM HOWARD

On the overall performance of the defense: 
“We weren’t particularly sharp early on, as you saw. We weren’t tight, especially on the goal. I don’t know at the start if it was nerves or what have you, but we responded. We knew we could respond well and once we calmed down and got into the flow of the game I thought we did well. 



On having an impressive performance against England: 
“I think when you play at the highest level against the best competition, if you’re up to the challenge then it will bring the best out of you. England has so many potent strikers and midfielders that you’re going to have to be on your game in order to play well.” 



On how he felt after conceding the early goal: 
“I was pretty annoyed because the marking was a little too lax, particularly for the beginning of a game when you’re supposed to be really up for it. But at that point you can’t really dwell on it because you still have 90 some minutes to play. So, it deflated us a little bit but we quickly responded.”
 

On his collision with Emile Heskey: 
“I was going to give myself five or ten minutes to figure out where I was, but I was hurting and sore. I’ll be even more sore the next couple days, but maybe it’ll get me out of training.”

On how he felt after he was hit in the chest: 
“It felt like agony.

U.S. Midfielder CLINT DEMPSEY: 
On his game-tying goal: 
“These balls move so much if you just hit them on goal you’ll have a chance. It’s one of those goals you always say ‘Why can’t I get one like that?’ and I’m happy to have scored in both World Cups I’ve participated in.” 


 

On the team’s ability to keep possession: 
“The first half was good, momentum from this game and to push it towards the next two games.