England v United States
England 1 - 1 United States June 12,2010
| England | United States |
|---|---|
| Steven Gerrard (4′) | Clint Dempsey (40′) |
Steven Gerrard had given the Three Lions’ World Cup campaign a flying start with a fourth-minute opener in Rustenburg.
England were holding that advantage until Green committed the kind of howler David Seaman, Paul Robinson and Scott Carson have all done down the years and allowed Clint Dempsey’s harmless shot to slip through his fingers.
Capello could only watch on in horror and wonder why fate had dealt him such a shocking hand given he had preferred Green to David James and Joe Hart as his first-choice goalkeeper, dismissing the latter man for fear his inexperience would cost England in a similar manner to that the West Ham man actually did.
