Horrendous American Display at Wembley

The senior US squad fell to an uninspired English side 2-0 at Wembley today, with goals courtesy of captain John Terry (38') and obvious man-of-the-match Steven Gerrard (59').  Good to see Terry climb out of the massive hole he dug himself into at the Champions League final (see replay of the tragedy here).  Gerrard's goal made the American defense look amateurish, the Liverpudlian streaking onto a gorgeous throughball from Gareth Barry and slotting home past the whackness that is Brad Guzan with aplomb.  England coach Fabio Capello's choice to play Stevey-G on the left wing seems to have borne luscious fruit.  As a bonus, 33-year-old Becks looked very dangerous on set-piece situations, curling seriously sweet service onto Terry's cranium for the opening goal.  The MLS hasn't really done David any wrong so far.

Hardly any positive statement can characterize the Americans' showing, though.  Yet again, Bradley's Boys demonstrated they cannot possess the ball comfortably in the midfield, nor can they seem to muster up much creativity going on the offensive without our favorite California surfer-dude Landon Donovan (although his wave-riding bro Frankie Hejduk made a totally radical appearance in the second half, providing more attacking impetus than starter Steve Cherundolo).  Beasley didn't bring it at all, letting all of us down who thought he might be in somewhat inspired form after his goal in Rangers' recent Scottish cup triumph.  On the other side of midfield, Josh Wolff made a strong case for his own international retirement.  And Michael Bradley and Ricardo Clark never had the slightest chance against the dynamic duo of Lampard and Gerrard.

Check out the video for match highlights here at 101greatgoals.