Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey were not able to get the 3 points for USA as Ronaldo showed up for Portugal in the final minute of stoppage time to help Silvestre Varela beat Tim Howard and end the game 2-2.
The 4-0 is great news for the USA. If Germany wins all of their Group G matches, the U.S. could get out of the group on goal difference if it beats Ghana and ties Portugal.
If you can’t snag a ticket to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, then tune in. The U.S. National Team’s three Group G matches will be broadcast by ESPN, beginning with Ghana June 16 at 5:30 p.m. ET. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to broadcast all 64 World Cup games live.
It began with Sergio Ramos’ last-minute headed equalizer, continued with Gareth Bale’s decisive header and culminated with Cristiano Ronaldo hitting the penalty in his home country for Real Madrid to win their tenth UEFA Champions League.
Ronaldo’s girlfriend Russian model Irina Shayk makes a cameo appearance in Nike’s new “Winner Stays” YouTube video. Nike announced the Mercurial Superfly IV, a boot billed as a “leap forward for on-pitch speed.”