How the US team played at the 2014 World Cup
How the US team played at the 2014 World Cup
In the last world football championshipsthe national team of the United States invariably takes part. The level of football in the United States is growing every year. This causes the wider distribution of this sport in the country, as well as some successes of American football players on the world stage. At the World Cup in 2014 in Brazil, the US team looked very worthy.
The Americans were in a difficult group for the World Cup in Brazil. The opponents of the US team at the group stage of the tournament were the Germans, the Portuguese and the Ghanaians.
The first match in the tournament for the Americanswas marked by a victory over the national team of Ghana with a score of 2 -1. Moreover, in this game, the Americans scored the fastest goal of the entire championship (not even a minute from the beginning of the meeting). African football players were able to recoup, but the Americans at the last minute still pulled out the victory and extracted three important points.
In the second match of the US teamPortugal. The game ended with a draw (2 - 2). In this match, the Americans had to win, but the Europeans in the last minutes pulled a draw.
In the final match in the group stagethe US team met with footballers from Germany. Some thought that the match would be uninteresting, since, with a draw result, both teams secured a way out of the group. Draw did not happen. Team Germany won with a minimum score (1 - 0). However, the American had enough and four points to go to the playoffs from the second place in the group. They were ahead of Portugal in the difference of goals scored and conceded goals.
In the 1/8 finals, the US team met with the teamBelgium. 90 minutes of the match ended with a goalless draw. Only in overtime was determined the winner, which became European football players (2 - 1). The Americans looked very worthy in that match, although there was a certain advantage of European footballers.
The final result of the US team is considered very worthy. The team was able to leave the difficult group in the play-off stage of the world championship, where it lost only in extra time.
