Post-Game Reaction: USA 0, Germany 1

Life After The Group of Death

Very few people, myself included, expected to see the United States survive the Group of Death, but they remain standing and continue on to the knockout round. The U.S./Germany game is a difficult one to break down because both teams were essentially playing for the tie. Neither team really seemed to want to push too far up for fear of giving up a goal on the counterattack. However, Germany did have a lot of chances in the first half to really make the U.S. sweat, but the Germans had a lot of trouble finding the back of the net. Most of the same problems the U.S. have had in this World Cup did stick out against Germany one again, but there were a couple of bright spots.