Thursday, August 30, 2007
| August 30, 2007 | |||
| Germany | 2 – 1 | USA | Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan Attendance: 15,069 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| Sukuta-Pasu 65′ 89’Bigalke 90+1’Sauerbier 90+1′ | Match Report | Williams 20’Zimmerman 68’Wenzel 74’Garza 46’Ibrahim 46’Urso 75’Dominguez 75’Wenzl 83’Cruz 83’Bates 90+2′ |
Germany beat the Americans 2-1 to advance to the quarter-finals against England at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The Germans had a many chances in the 1st half of the match. The Americans managed to keep the Germans off the scoresheet at half time with save from the American goalkeeper along with German shots going wide, until a 65th minute goal from Richard Sukuta-Pasu.
The United States sent everyone forward to seek an equaliser. Richard Sukuta-Pasu took advantage of this in the 89th minute scoring for the 2nd time in the 2nd half. Mykell Bates scored in Stoppage time to give the Americans a lifeline.