USMNT World Cup opponent watch: unpredictability is Australia’s greatest asset
by Jack Snape from US news | The Guardian on (#76C84)
The Americans have the advantages on paper, but the Socceroos' strengths are in their defensive organization and the power of the unknown
It is the showdown to determine the world's best soccer"-playing nation: the much-anticipated Group D clash between two countries in which football has more than one meaning.
Neither will be distracted by nomenclature, however, when the United States run out against Australia in Seattle on Friday in a contest set to captivate both sides of the Pacific.
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