The only top team England have beat in the world cup since 1966 in Argentina in 2002.

[skel1983]

Fair enough....as an American I'm just happy Donovan said "Fuck it, I'm taking the reigns" when we were down 2-0 and he put the team on his back and nearly carried us to victory, IMO England don't have that, they are playing without passion and the US is playign to prove something......tough thing is so are Slovenia and Algeria. The tie vs Slovenia shouldn't have happened, if the US can put together 2 solid halves of soccer we can beat anyone

I wouldn't go that far.

[El Kabong]

I wouldn't go that far.

Well recently we've tied England, come from 2 goals down vs a very solid defensive side in Slovenia (in which we were robbed of the win).....and both of those have happened without our most vital striker on the team! Recently we've beaten Spain and we took Brazil to the brink......I stand by my words. WE CAN BEAT ANYONE if we put together 2 solid halves.

And hell even before those events a 9 man US squad held a 10 man (and eventual World Cup Champion) Italian side to a draw, we beat Portugal, and we've had a blown call (handball wasn't called when it was a handball) that made us lose to Germany.

The US has DRAMATICALLY improved the quality of their soccer and not too far down the road we're going to run the show (providing we keep our eyes on the prize and keep improving). We've come a LOOOOOONG way and one of the most important parts of our improvement has been our attitude, we're not just happy to be included anymore, we're fighters....love to see our guys out to prove they belong.