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the usa soccer team or usmnt had a pretty convincing win against bosnia-herzegovinia in a friendly this afternoon with two of its top players, landon donovan and clint dempsey sitting this one out. admittedly, the us was down 2-0 at half time, before bosnia, who are currently ranked 14th in the world, made four substitutions, but all of the goals scored by the us in the second half were pretty impressive which ought to count for something.
american striker jozy altidore had an outstanding game scoring three along with an assist on the other as the us prevailed 4-3. altidore has scored in the last five matches and looks like he might finally be a goal scorer up front for america that is living up to his potential. he had scored 51 goals in 93 games for his club in the netherlands over the last two seasons and was just bought by (as they say) a mid-table club (sunderland) in the english premier league. (sunderland is owned by some sketcky american hedge fund manager and the head coach is an italian with some questionable ties to fascism.) so it will be interesting to see how he fares this season in england amid the increased quality of play, and whether he can maintain his form heading into the world cup next summer.
this was the 12th win in a row for the national team and the first time theyve come from behind to win a game played in europe. ever. not much is expected of the us in brasil next summer but if they are lucky to draw a weak group then possibly they can make it out of the group stage as the two top teams from each group advance to the knockout round consisting of 16 teams. to expect anything more is pretty foolish considering how poor they looked prior to their recent bout of success and the lack of any truly standout players. but at least they have the opportunity not to be an embarrassment.