From: Starcade on 14 Jun 2010 14:13 On Jun 13, 9:13 am, Kaise...(a)gmail.com wrote: > The NY Times headline today (story by Longman) is "Goalkeeper's > Blunder Costs England a Victory." > > To which I reply, bullshit. That sounds like the blunder occurred > in the last minute of the game. England had 86 minutes to score a > second goal,. and they couldn't do it. The US had plenty of chances > and certainly played well enough for a tie. This is really typical of > the way the British press, in particular, covers England. If they > were ever really superior they might actually win a match by more than > a goal once in a while. Yes, but the goalkeeper's blunder gave the US the only goal it _got_. The only dispute I have is with the British saying that Green cost them three points. He cost them two -- they did get the one for the draw. Mike |