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2010 HWCI World Cup Pool - Pando! or Gordo?

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PANDO! or GORDO?
2010 FIFA World Cup

TICKER: USA DEF JONATHAN BORNSTEIN is looking to transfer to Atlante-MEX .. ..

Match: UNITED STATES v AUSTRALIA

Date: SAT 5Jun10 > USA WC Warmup #3

Venue: Roodepoort RUIMSIG STADIUM

PANDO! or GORDO? PANDO! (Only because nobody got hurt!)

+ A decent match over a bad pitch that began to bite the ball and players as the game

waned on .. .. With ENG assistants DAVID BECKHAM & FRANCO BALDINI in the stands,

they saw a below-average AUS side give the ball away in their own zone, one which led

to EDSON.s goal .. .. And, ROBBIE missed an open goal too .. ..

CLINT started on the left with LANDON on the right and the US seemed to do well with

that .. .. They opened up AUS at will and should have bagged at least five goals today,

with 11 of their 12 shots coming from inside the penalty box .. ..

ROBBIE proved today he is only a MLS-quality striker only .. ..

LANDON DONOVAN: AWESOME again today! Every time he touched the ball, the USA

went dangerous (unlike Robbie) .. .. Great balls all match and capped off the day with a

terrific ball > HERCULEZ who just re-directed it into the net for his last goal .. ..

EDSON BUDDLE: Grabbed his first goal when he stood up an AUS defender with the ball,

stripped him and then rifled a right-footer past Schwarzer .. .. Got his brace when

CHERUNDOLO hit a sweet ball from the R/Flank and found Pele on the back post and

snapped it home with his header .. .. Layed-off a great []-ball > ROBBIE who could only

hit the post with another open net .. ..

ROBBIE FINDLEY: Physically > He is just too fast for anyone to keep up with .. ..

Technically > His game is MLS-speed > Missed a sitter in the first half when he rounded

the GK and missed the open net .. .. Hit the bar in the second half when he should have

finished it and misread three (3) open pitch chances to unlock the defence with a pass .. ..

He.s best-suited as a late-match speedster .. ..

STEVE CHERUNDOLO: Okay, I get it now .. .. STEVE is now a wing-back! It.s clear that he

will be pushing up into attack whenever he can .. .. Pumped in 3 crosses in the first half, the

sweetest being his R/Flank move to get clear and get his cross > EDSON for an assist .. ..

USA MoM: EDSON BUDDLE! In the first-11 next Saturday? We.ll see .. ..

AUS MoM: TIM CAHILL