3rd goal in 4th quarter dismissed. What, no overtime?

This result shouldn't have mattered on bit to England, it shouldn't been of any concern, after a small stumble against the USA last week, they will beat Algeria and then Slovenia with ease and stroll into the next round.

Slovenia were minutes away from being the first place to cement their place in the last 16. And having taken a 'two to zero lead' in the first half they really should have been home and dry. But, they then lost concentration and conceded within 3 minutes of the restart. USA applied pressure and Donovan found himself on the flank with acres of room and headed for goal, whilst looking for a cut back he ended up with no option but to lash it hard at goal from point blank range, rippling the roof of the net whilst the impressive Slovenian keeper hid behind the post lest he got hurt. From that point on the USA piled on the pressure, they reviewed their formation and played with 3 defensive outfielders, which given how far Slovenia were dropping back, was a wise move by the American head coach. Suddenly Landon Donovan had more attacking intent and the room to move, Clint Dempsey did well, erm. Anyway, Bradley stepped up and drove the midfield forward with intent and even the American Torres looked like he belonged.

Slovenia dropped deeper and deeper, and in the 82 minute Altidore - the American Heskey - won a ball in the air, knocked it on to Bradley Jr III who makes no mistake, there's 8 minutes left we've tied scores. From then on, both sides are looking to win it, Slovenia make some headway, a drive straight at Howard from Radosavljevic has Howard screaming at his defence like a Congressman at BP employees. The World Policemen get the ball in the net again with 4 minutes of play left but the ref has blown before Edu even made contact, whilst the ref hasn't had the best day, his decision is consistent. Right through this game, any kind of melee in the box has seen him award free kicks to the defending side, not correct but consistent, you can't always have both...

It finishes 2-2, there's no overtime which surprises some of the USA fans who have just bought another hotdog, Nachos and a 64oz bucket of Budweiser. So far in the tournament this was probably the best game in terms of a contest, especially towards the end, both teams thought they could win it. 2-2 a fair result? It would seem so.