In an absolutely thrilling game, the U.S. and Argentina drew 1-12 tonight in front of a sold of crowd at the New Meadowlands.
For an exhibition game, this game was played with pace, passion and a desire to win by both sides. It was also a game of two half’s.
In the first half Argentina were simply fantastic. Playing a short passing game a la Barcelona, Argentina ripped the America defense to shreds with Messi and Di Maria both brilliant. A combination of poor Argentina finishing and U>S. keeper Tim Howard the only reason for game was still scoreless for the first 40 minutes.
But as half-time approached Argentina finally got the goal their play deserved, and as usual Messi and Di Maria were involved. Messi went on one of his mazy runs and reached the byline where he then played the ball through Bocanegra’s legs into the 6-yard box. Di Maria’s shot was saved by Howard and the rebound fell to Cambiasso, who scored his first international goal in over two years.
Argentina’s first-half performance was breathtaking at times, and the U.S. needed to do something different at half-time to try and get back in the game. And credit Bob Bradley for making two bold moves as he U.S. switched to a more attacking lineup with Agudelo replacing Jones and Chandler coming in at right back replacing Spector.
Tim Howard continued to keep the U.S. in the game, but as the second half progressed, the U.S. started to ask some questions of the Argentina defence.
Then in the 59th minute the U.S. got their goal. Landon Donovan’s free kick was met by Bocanegra. Argentina’s goalkeeper Mariano Andujar could only block the header and the ball fell to 18-year-old Juan Agudelo who knocked it into the net.
All in all a great game. In the first half Argentina showed why they are one of the top two or three national teams in the world. But in the second half, the U.S, showed why they are so hard to beat. They never give in, and time and time again they find a way to get a come from behind goal.
What did you think of the game tonight?
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Omgg its gonna be such a good game im not gonna miss this for anything argentina para siempre vamos vamos argentina ! vamos vamos a ganar q viva siempre argentina ! ahhhhhh messi te quiero !! juega bien q todos vamos a ver y quiermos ver un partido rico ! ajaja
USA USA USA I’m def gonna see this and by the way the game is in NEW JERSEY not NY
VAMOS VAMOS ARGENTINA
VAMOS VAMOS A GANAR
QUE ESTA BARRA KILOMBERA
NO TE DEJA NO TE DEJA
DE ALENTAR
TE AMOOOOO ARGENTINA
VAMOS VAMOS USA USA
If Argentina go to USA with all the stars ( Messi , Di Maria , mascherano , D. Milito , Lavezzi ….) , will win easily !
Hopefully Landycakes, Dempsey, Convey, Bunbury, Agudelo and many others will be playing with the USMNT against Argentina. Let’s see if the Stars and Stripes can give the Argies a challenge.
Let’s go USA let’s kick some @$$
u wish! usa sucks in foot.dunno how t evn kick a ball lmao
Quite obviously you’re an idiot! USA 1, ARG 1. The US played great and shut down Messi! Great game USA!!!
USA USA USA USA!!!! # 1
argentina kick your ass jajjajaj
This will Be hard for mio Cuore!! I am Argentinien but lived in USA for the last 10 years! However, Vamos Argentina!!!
Vamos Argentinaaaaaaaaa!
CLARO AHORA ME DI CUENTA QUE RIQUELME IS GOING TO PLAY USA WILL LOSE NEXT WEEKEND
USA USA USA!!!!!!!
Argentina wwwwooooohhhhhh!
anyone who actually watches premier soccer would know that stars like Messi and Milito will not be playing in a friendly against USA. Whether or not one of them is in the quarter finals of the UEFA Championship…
huh what are you talking about lol messi and milito are playing…
Soy de NY. y keremos una foto con messi donde se ospedaran podrian decirme plsss..?
vamos argentina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.que hay que ganar.
Messi will score at least 1 goal for sure. The Argentines have been on fire since the release of Maradona, US doesn’t have enough to hold down Messi and Di Maria. Very excited to see my home country play here again, VAMOS ARGENTINA!!!!!
Hek yeah
what is this (marcth 26.30.2011)????
gOOOOOOOOO ArGtEnTInA vAmOs Yeah wE gOiNg tO wIn
We All KnOw WhO iS GoIn tO wIn AAARRGGENNTINNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The history and results speak for themselves what others are ingnorancia
and these results excluding World Cups VAMOS ARGENTINA TU INCHADA TE APOYA
Total: 14 Titles
Year Position Year Position Year Position
1916 Second place 1939 Withdrew 1967 Second place
1917 Second place 1941 Champions 1975 Round 1
1919 Third place 1942 Second place 1979 Round 1
1920 Second place 1945 Champions 1983 Round 1
1921 Champions 1946 Champions 1987 Fourth place
1922 Fourth place 1947 Champions 1989 Third place
1923 Second place 1949 Withdrew 1991 Champions
1924 Second place 1953 Withdrew 1993 Champions
1925 Champions 1955 Champions 1995 Quarter-finals
1926 Second place 1956 Third place 1997 Quarter-finals
1927 Champions 1957 Champions 1999 Quarter-finals
1929 Champions 1959 Champions 2001 Withdrew
1935 Second place 1959 Second place 2004 Second place
1937 Champions 1963 Third place 2007 Second place
just to clarify we are going to see Argentina Paying with USA, why because Argentina Plays Football and USA soccer, ha ha Come on Argies!!!!!!!!!
What time Argentina sets to play USA? Eastern standard time please and thank you.
It’s a 7pm EST kick-off
Mexico!!!!!
argentina le ganara a usa 5 a 0
i mayte be amarican but argintinas messi is gowing to score
Hahahahaha who you trying to fool you are obviously not an american at least learn how to write in english if you’re going to say something like that, just saying.
Hahahahaha who you trying to fool you are obviously not an american at least learn how to write in english if you’re going to say something like that, just saying.
Megan, before you criticize other people’s English, please look at your own. Your “sentence”, if we can call it that, has at least 10 errors in it. See if you can figure out where they are. If you can’t, write back and I’ll tell you.
Flying from Miami to see the game with my kids! We are Cuban-Americans and we love The Argentinian National Futbol Team. We admire our Team USA and they are getting better every year. Donovan, Dempsey, Bocanegra will display their talent. Messi, Macherano, DiMaria, Zenetti will show why Argentinian Soccer is always at the top. Will be a PHENOMENAL GAME!!!
MESSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definitivamente EUA posee un futbol de lucha sus jugadores nunca se sentiran derrotados ante ningun rival la mentalidad de los Yankis es ganar ganar de hecho para ellos el que sea Argentina los motiva sus resultados en el mundial lo confirman, y la Argentina salio derrotada en el ultimo mundial antes de entrar a la cancha con Alemania, lo unico que logro fue ganarle al pesimo mediocre equipo del vasco Aguirre lleno de viejos, y por lo que veo ahora Argentina vuelve a cometer el mismo error de menospreciar a los rivales desgraciadamente para ganar un mundial como aspira el pueblo argentino nunca debe subestimar ningun juego ,mas a una nación que vive para competir, por su historia Argentina esta obligado a ganar y llevar lo mejor que tiene porque en los entrenaminentos es donde se crece para que no suceda lo de Alemania.
MESSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like messi but I like USA Too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
go USA go Messi!!!!!!!!!! FC barcelona!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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German leage
aguante messi y argentina papa…….a usa le rompemos todo q jugador estrella mundial tienen, no es solo por esofigensen qien tiene mas historia…en el futbol mundial
mira los equipos mas poederosos son:
argentina
brasil
españa
inglaterra
italia
alemania
olanda
francia
uruguay….etc…. y m deveran faltar un par…
My heart is divided in two… Argentina is the country I was born and USA is my kids’ country, so it will be hard… Que gane el mejor!
im from haiti i leav in usa but i thnk argentina to strong for the usa team
¿Para que tantos comentarios? Es obvio que Argentina gana EE.UU no tiene el equipo como para enfrentar a una selección como es la nuestra. Lamento decirles yankisulis que nuestra Argentina les hace 4 goles fácil!
y que paso con tus 4 goles quedo 1-1
Just a prediction. I don’t even watch soccer but sometimes I like to use my Psychic abilities..lol
USA 4
Argentina 1
I just went with the first numbers that popped in my head. May the best team win!
Go Argentina! I’ll be watching! ;D
*love from Sweden*
where are all the haters now that the game is finished? nothing to say?
In New York? Lol….learn some geography.
Yes technically the stadium is in New Jersey. But if you are not from the east coast, it is easier to use NY as a reference point than NJ
i have something to say! it’s embarassing to know that we didn’t win the game, i mean usa doesn’t even call the sport by its name,and we are argentina,the team with the best combination of players in the whole world, i’m guessing the result of the match was only because riquelme and carlitos tevez didn’t play and our boys were tired , usa players were much taller than ours and had longer legs, that’s all i’m saying…they also didn’t have much support on the stadium, by the way, usa should get better chantics, those were lame, showed lack of passion!!!
USA potencia mundial en todo vamos con todo en el Futbol el martes ganamos a Paraguay pronto estare jugando por mi seleccion i love USA
argentina de mierda no poderle ganar a usa !!babosos!!
yipeeeeeeeeeee………my sweetheart scoreed the goal!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 u messi…………<3 <3 <3
Argentina’s incredibly bad sportsmanship is embarrassing. Argentines are well known for being very arrogant, and it’s no difference here. Instead of giving US well deserved credit for their play and comeback goal, people want to make excuses for Argentina or trash talk the Americans. It’s no wonder all of Latin America roots against Argentina. Argentina is and has been overrated for over 20 years now.
Well I expected Argentina to win, but I also know USA isn’t so bad, they’ve average players (no big stars) but if it’s a team they can get good results. Normally Argentina would’ve beat them but this was a friendly, there was nothing on the line so 1-1 is fine.
I hope the people have enjoyed the game, Messi is the best player in the world and he shows it every game at FC Barcelona. If Argentina can create the same kind of play as Barcelona, they’re in favour to become World Cup winners in Brazil 2014.
This is going to be a great fight between USA and Argentina, but I’ll bet for USA! Good luck to them. May the best team win (that’s USA LOL)
Didn’t know that US had a soccer team!
You must’ve been living under a rock all along, the US has a Soccer (futbol) team so much so that the US tied Argentina, something that only seemed like a dream years ago has become a reality, GO USA!!!ohh and yes, no excuses for Argentina they may be the better team on paper but obviously weren’t good enough to beat the US yesterday!
Great game. Argentina was the better team on the night, but not better enough to win. That’s football. Great crowd and atmosphere. Good to see so many US fans. Almost 79,000 people in attendance. Just goes to show that people will show up to see top level players like Messi. Messi gave everyone what they came to see, he was spectacular.
All in all, a great game to watch, a great game for the US team and a bit of an embarrassment for Argentina.
great game! let’s hve more of it. tony
USA know how to stop people from scoring in their goal. The US always had excellent goalies, who become beasts when they play for the national team. Too much failure to score will drain attackers. Argentina did everything except put the ball in the net and that is what counts. To beat the US you need skill, power and height upfront.
well, you see Argentina didn’t want to embarres USA nor Argentina wanted to give them the pleasure to win. besides USA players were taller then Argentim’s. obviosly the game was so exciting! after all
*anyway nobody can deny that all of USA players became defender when Argentina attack, they were scare that messi would make a goal ! ha!
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