| Live Match Commentary |
Up-to-the-Second Score: South Korea 1, U.S. 1 -- FINAL FULLTIME MATCH REPORT
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90'+3 - Final whistle blows with score tied 1-1; players from both sides exhausted. Each team has four points, but Korea tops the group on goal differential. |
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90'+2 - Sanneh tackles Chul to give up throw-in, which is headed out of U.S. box. |
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90' - Three minutes added on. |
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90' - One-touch shot by Choi Yong-soo goes over bar from seven yards, after ball is laid back from endline. |
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89' - Friedel catches Korea cross with ease. |
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86' - Lee Woon-jae gathers long Donovan pass. |
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85' - Wolff fouled 40 yards from goal; Pope called for foul in box off freekick. |
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85' - Agoos wins header and O'Brien is obstructed in center circle. |
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83' - Lewis cross is cleared, and he loses ball out of bounds after U.S. wins it back. |
82' - U.S. sub: Wolff on for Mathis. |
78' - GOAL KOREA. Ahn Jung-hwan glances header goes in at far post from six yards off freekick from left, beating Agoos to the ball. |
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77' - Donovan called for foul on slide tackle 45 yards from goal. |
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76' - Seol Ki-hyeon called for fouling Hejduk along left touchline. |
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75' - Kim Nam-il shoots high from 22 yards after stealing ball near midfield. |
75' - U.S. sub: Lewis on for Beasley. |
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74' - Korea called offside. |
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74' - Pope clears for throw-in as Ahn Jung-hwan breaks into penalty area. |
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71' - Poor Agoos clearance gives up corner kick; kick is cleared. |
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70' - Friedel saves near-post shot on left from Choi Yong-soo, who is open behind Sanneh off cross. |
70' - Korea sub: Choi Yong-soo
on for Yoo Sang-chul. |
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69' - Donovan fails to connect with first-time volley attempt on entry pass from Reyna. |
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66' - Friedel catches header five yards out, over the head of Yoo Sang-chul. |
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67' - McBride fouled near center circle; Reyna freekick cleared. |
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66' - McBride lunges for Beasley's short near-post cross after he's freed by Mathis pass, but Lee Woon-jae saves. |
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65' - McBride fouled on left touchline. |
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65' - Korea returns ball for U.S. throw and Reyna returns. |
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64' - Reyna stretchered off after collision with Pope and Choi Jin-cheul. |
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63' - Agoos tracks down long ball and sends it out for throw-in. |
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63' - Beasley wins throw-in on left touchline. |
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62' - Korea whistled for offside again on close call. |
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61' - Pope heads away Korea corner kick; Friedel catches second-chance cross. |
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59' - Korea called offside. |
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58' - Pope called for foul; Korean freekick from top left of penalty box cleared. |
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55' - Sanneh called for fould on Korean counterattack. |
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57' - Beasley can't find McBride with cross. |
56' - Korea sub: Ahn Jung-hwan
on for Hwang Sun-hong. |
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55' - Seol Ki-hyeon called for fouling O'Brien near top of U.S. penalty box. |
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53' - Friedel catches 18-yard header with ease. |
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52' - U.S. possesses in Korean penalty box, but fails to get off a shot. |
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51' - O'Brien shaken up. |
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50' - Reyna heads out near-post corner kick, and heads out the next one for a throw-in. |
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50' - Sanneh wins tackle but gives up conrner kick; Song Chong-guk's second chance shot off corner deflected out. |
47' - Friedel dives right for point-blank save on Seol Ki-hyeon after pass gets behind lunging Hejduk and U.S. defense. |
46' - Korea kicks off second half. |
| Second Half |
45'+4 - Halftime whistle blow after U.S. couterattack fails. U.S. leads 1-0. |
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45'+2 - Pope wins header at far post off freekick. |
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45'+2 - Reyna called for handball, blocking cross from right side. |
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45' - Hwang Sun-hong called offside. |
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45' - Friedel comes off line to pick up ball near penalty spot. |
40' - Friedel dives right to save Lee Eul-yong's penalty kick; rebound goes over endline under challenge from Pope and shoving match ensues. Pope treated for injury sustained while sliding ball out of bounds. |
39' - Agoos cautioned for taking down Hwang Sun-hong in box. |
30' - Korea sub: Lee Chun-soo on for Park Ji-sung. |
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38' - Hwang Sun-hong loses ball over endline on left endline before shooting into side netting. |
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35' - Reyna called for fouling Yoo Sang-chul in center circle. |
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36' - Agoos gives up corner kick on high ball headed for Hwang Sun-hong; corner kick headed over goal. |
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35' - Donovan called offside on pass from O'Brien. |
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32' - Choi Jin-cheul called for fouling McBride down left wing; Reyna freekick goes across goal and out of bounds. |
30' - Hejduk cautioned for late tackle on Park Ji-sung 30 yards from goal; Yoo Sang-chul shot off freekick sails over bar. |
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30' - Slide at edge of box prevents Donovan from getting off shot. |
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29' - Beasley breaks into penalty area on McBride throw-in, but his toe-poke is saved. |
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27' - Beasley called for foul on Kim Nam-il 40 yards from goal; Hwang Sun-hong -- with head wrapped -- called for fouling Agoos in box. |
24' - GOAL U.S. Mathis takes chipped pass from O'Brien down the middle at 18 yards and shoots left-footed into lower right corner. U.S. leads 1-0 on well-taken goal, against the run of play. |
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22' - Hwang Sun-hong treated for cut above right eye after clashing heads with Hejduk. |
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21' - Donovan volleys wide right after Mathis can't get to cross from left under strong challenge. |
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21' - Reyna passes to Donovan down right wing, and his cross just eludes lunging McBride. |
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20' - Pope heads away Seol Ki-hyeon's cross from the right. |
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19' - Friedel makes a save with his left foot, off Seol Ki-hyeon's shot from a tight angle on the left of goal with plenty of space. |
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17' - Kim Nam-il called for foul on O'Brien near midfield. |
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16' - Chong-Gug Song sends a weak rolling shot to right of goal. Korea enjoying advantage in possession, 60 percent to 40 percent, putting the U.S. defense under pressure. |
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13' - Park Ji-sung gets off a shot from outside the 18, which Friedel picks up with ease. |
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12' - Friedel launches ball to his opposite number after long U.S. back pass. |
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11' - Korea wins header to launch counterattack, but Sanneh blocks cross by Yoo Sang-chul. |
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10' - Agoos makes lunging tackle in box on Seol Ki-hyeon after flick-on header. |
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9' - Friedel makes a save against the bar on a long-distance effort. |
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8' - Reyna whistled for foul near midfield. |
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7' - Shielding Beasley gives up goal kick over Korea endline. |
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6' - Seol Ki-hyeon volleys over from five yards at far post, off a short cross from right side after Hejduk is beaten. |
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5' - Mohawk-sporting Mathis whistled offside. |
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3' - Song Chong-guk gets free on the right for a cross, which goes straight into Friedel's arms. |
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1' - Beasley fouled to left of penalty area; Reyna freekick cleared. |
1' - U.S. kicks off to get match under way. |
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Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 6:30 a.m. GMT |
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