USA 1, Mexico 1: Optimism, But Not Victory, Reigns Supreme

By Neil Blackmon

Calls for "Cleetus 2.0" just got louder.

For sixty minutes, the United States plodded along like a side still lost in the wilderness, no matter what name was spelled out in the press guide next to "Manager."

There was little in the way of attack, save an early cross just past a leaping Edson Buddle's head and a late arriving Jermaine Jones' outsretched right leg.

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