World Cup Now: 3 takeaways from England-USA scoreless draw

The United States and England played to a scoreless draw on Friday in a 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B face-off at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar.

The videogame was a heatedup protective fight from start to surface, with the United States’ closest risk coming in the veryfirst half as Christian Pulisic rattled the crossbar with a shot that was inches away from providing Team USA an early benefit.

The United States now have 2 points through the veryfirst 2 videogames of the competition. A win in their last group match versus Iran on Tuesday will be enough to assurance a location in the knockout phases.

With one group match staying, what does this scoreless draw mean for both teams? FOX Sports soccer experts Warren Barton, Jimmy Conrad, DaMarcus Beasley and Sacha Kljestan break it all down on “World Cup Now.”

Kljestan: Team USA puts themselves in a position to get through

It was a great videogame. American fans desire to see the U.S. National Team win, however likewise desire to see the group play well. They went toe-to-toe with one of the top-five groups in the world, and were a little bit muchbetter today. This efficiency was muchbetter than the last one. This offers the group hope, strength and self-confidence heading into the Iran videogame. Gregg Berhalter has talked about this being 2 competitions. You have the group phase competition, and then you have the knockout competition. To get through the group phase, it doesn’t actually matter if you surface veryfirst or 2nd, it simply matters if you get through. Now, Team USA has put themselves in a position to get through.

Beasley: Everybody stepped up

Everyone for the United States stepped their videogame up today. Everyone played muchbetter today. That middle 4 was outstanding. They required that type of efficiency for themselves going into Iran.

Conrad: USMNT regulated the videogame

It reveals that this group is getting moredetailed. This group neverever looked out of location. They regulated the videogame. Even when the U.S. was suffering a little bit from the English attack, there was some brave safeguarding, all things thoughtabout.

Barton: Wakeup Call

It wasn’t a excellent day for England. It was a huge develop up, however possibly this group isn’t as great as they believe they are. It may be a bit of a wakeup call, which is not a bad thing to have in the group phase.

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