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Old 5th June 2002, 19:40
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USA coach Bruce Arena saluted an "outstanding" performance after his unfancied side beat Portugal 3-2.

Arena's men raced into a 3-0 lead after 36 minutes.

John O'Brien had fired the USA ahead in the fourth minute and a Jorge Costa own goal in the 29th minute plunged Portugal deeper into trouble.

Brian McBride's goal turned out to be the winner but Beto gave Portugal hope when he pulled a goal back three minutes after McBride scored.

A Jeff Agoos own goal in the 71st minute meant a nervous ending for the USA but they held firm.

A delighted Arena said: "I'm very proud of my team. It was a great performance today.

"We've beaten a great team in Portugal. They are a very good side with few weaknesses but we were well prepared and we came to this game believing we could win it.

"We played 30 or 40 minutes of outstanding soccer and we won the game then. But don't forget we've played a lot of good teams over the last four years and we've beaten Germany and Argentina (in friendlies)."

Man of the match McBride said: "We needed to make sure we put them under pressure early on. We did that and took advantage of our chances.

"In the second half we sat back a bit but we managed to bunker in there and hold them off."

Portugal coach Antonio Oliveira said: "The USA looked very strong. They had a good spirit and they gave us problems. We couldn't impose our game on them.

"We tried everything possible to get a goal at the end but we couldn't and this result just proves what a difficult competition the World Cup is. Now we have only one option - to win our next two matches."

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Old 5th June 2002, 20:38
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WOW this is unbelievable!!
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Old 5th June 2002, 21:11
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Well since Scotland didn't qualify,I'm supporting USA now
A friend told me that Portugal were something like 3rd favourites too!
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Old 6th June 2002, 01:57
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Well Russia also won, but against weak Tunisian team. The score was 2-0
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Old 6th June 2002, 02:14
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I felt bad for that American player for making a goal in the wrong place.

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Old 6th June 2002, 11:09
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what do you mean mariboulg
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Old 6th June 2002, 16:25
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Well he accidentally made the second goal for Portugal.
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