USMNT 2 - 1 Honduras

from US Soccer.com:

“The U.S. Men’s National Team pulled off a dramatic 2-1 victory over Honduras this evening at Giants Stadium as Oguchi Onyewu buried a diving header two minutes into extra time to send the U.S. to the Gold Cup final. The U.S. was behind for the majority of the match, but John O’Brien pulled them even in the 86th minute before Onyewu’s heroics put the U.S. in a record fifth Gold Cup championship match.

The U.S. will now face Panama in the tournament final on Sunday, July 24 at 3 p.m. ET live on Univision from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Fans can also follow the match live on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker, presented by Philips Electronics. The U.S. has won two previous Gold Cups, taking home the crown in 1991 and 2002.

If that wasn’t enough good news for US Soccer, the latest FIFA ranking s were released yesterday as well. The US Men are now ranked 6th in the world - the highest ranking ever by the Americans. As strange as it may sound, the US are currently ranked higher than France, England, Spain and Italy. Heady times indeed!

Here’s the top 20:

1 Brazil
1 Argentina
3 Netherlands
4 Czech Republic
5 Mexico
6 USA
7 France
8 England
8 Spain
10 Portugal
11 Germany
12 Turkey
13 Japan
14 Italy
15 Iran
15 Republic of Ireland
17 Sweden
18 Uruguay
19 Denmark
19 Greece

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