World Cup: Well, It Wasn't Meant to Be

In today's first match, Uruguay outlasted the South Koreans (with United's Park Ji-Sung) 2-1.  And the score in the second match was also 2-1, but not in favor of the United States, but Ghana...who scored in the fourth minute of extra time to secure their advancement into the quarterfinals.

It was a great run for the Americans, and I know that they must be disappointed.  We had many chances to score but just couldn't find the bag.  Four years is a long time to wait for the next Cup, but I hopes these young guys will stick it out because they found a solid team to compete.

Landon Donovan, who scored the penalty, agreed with my assessment...our team was young:

“We were a little naïve and at this level you can’t do that,” he said. “Ghana didn’t make things easy and they move on. We will learn from this and come back stronger, but it is hard to handle right now.”