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We disagree, the US clearly lost the possession battles in every game they played and would not have made it out of the group stage had Howard not played outstanding, and yes, Ghana, Portugal, and Obviously germany and Belgium are all more skilled and more talented than the US, what got the US through is that they stayed organized and played as a team and had exceptional goaltending. And i honestly don't think i am looking at it through rose colored glasses, i agreed with 99% of Mike The Brits post I just disagreed at goaltender, and when he then claimed that half of the goalies in the tournament were better i said he appeared to have a bias. As i said before reasonable people can disagree but ignorant people who hate soccer really don't have a say. Neuer may or may not have been the best goalie but his team tied the record for goals ina world cup and I would bet Howard made more saves against beligium than neuer did in the entire tourney. The claim that all of those goalies were better is bias pure and simple.
I don't think it was my post (or me) you were disagreeing with.
For what it's worth, I think that comparing goalkeepers' performances over the course of a tournament is very difficult -- the demands they're placed under are so different.
There have been almost no poor keepers in this tournament and several outstanding ones. I wouldn't quarrel with the choice of Neuer, but nor would I dismiss Howard. But my keeper of the tournament is my boy Ochoa. YMMV.