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USA, Germany set for Algarve Cup final

Jeff Kassouf March 13, 2013 22

The United States will face Germany in Wednesday's Algarve Cup final. (Copyright Patricia Giobetti | http://www.printroom.com/pro/psgiobetti)

The United States and Germany will square off in the Algarve Cup final on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET from Faro, Portugal. The US (2-0-1) advanced to the final by winning Group B, while Germany (2-0-1) won Group A.

Germany are the defending champions after beating Japan 4-3 in last year’s final, quietly one of the best international matches of the year. This will be the third meeting between the US and Germany in the last five months after they tied 1-1 in Chicago on Oct. 20 and again three days later in East Hartford, Conn., that time by a score of 2-2. Despite the historical strength of both teams, the US is a staggering 17-4-6 all-time against the Germans.

Here are all the placement matches for the final Algarve Cup match day:

Placement Match      Teams                               Venue             Kickoff
11th Place Match         Wales vs. Portugal                  Parchal             11:30 a.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. local
9th Place Match           Hungary vs. Iceland              Parchal             8 a.m. ET / Noon local
7th Place Match           Mexico vs. Denmark              Lagos               11:30 a.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. local
5th Place Match           Japan vs. China                       Faro                 9:10 a.m. ET / 1:10 p.m. local
3rd Place Match           Norway vs. Sweden                Lagos               8 a.m. ET / Noon local
Championship            USA vs. Germany                     Faro                 1 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. local

Wednesday is also the final match day for the Cyprus Cup. Canada will face England in the final. Canada won the 2011 edition of the tournament but lost in last year’s final against France, which opted to play a pair of friendly matches vs. Brazil during the Cyprus Cup instead of defend their title.

Here is the breakdown of all of Wednesday’s Cyprus Cup placement matches:

11th Place: Northern Ireland vs. South Africa
9th Place: South Korea vs. Italy
7th Place: Republic of Ireland vs. Finland
5th Place: Scotland vs. Netherlands
3rd Place: New Zealand vs. Switzerland
Championship: England vs. Canada  |  Noon ET

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  • sol1711

    deutschland, deutschland, deutschland

    germany 4 – usa 0
    marozsan, marozsan, marozsan, celia

    • Steglitz49

      On the other hand it could be a repeat of “das Wunder von Berlin”, that is “déjà vu all over again” — NYRick can explain the last quote if needed.

    • Wear Nikes Drink Gatorade

      Are you sure it won’t be 27-0 Germany? After all, they are super-invincible, and their defense is not at all an issu

      • sol1711

        yes, germany win 28-0
        18 goals from marozsan, 5 from celia and 5 from gössling

  • NYRick

    Today is the 13th March. Look for #13 in red, white and blue to make a statement.

    • Steglitz49

      Hopefully the ref will in and the match be played in a comradely and mutually trustful spirit.

    • NYRick

      And she even scored in the 13th minute! Now, that’s style.

      • Steglitz49

        This was Morgan’s and Barnhart’s match. The others did their bit also, but Alex Morgan adds to her statue.

        Unfortunately, unless the refs get their acts together she risks sharing Kharlamov’s fate. Let’s fight for that not to materialize.

  • sol1711

    look the 14, marozsan make a statement

  • Don B.

    USA Starters: 18-Barnhart; 11-Krieger, 19-Buehler, 14-Engen, 5-O’Hara;
    23-Press, 7-Boxx (C), 16-Averbuch, 15-Rapinoe; 13-Morgan, 2-Leroux

    • Terry Lash

      Heath instead of Rapinoe. Last minute change. Only Boxx is struggling. Barnhart is solid. Krueger again is outstanding. AM again the superstar.

  • NYRick

    Morgan doesn’t get MVP of the tournament? 3 goals, 3 assists, both goals in the final and the overall most dominant player on the pitch in every game. Who did this poor girl offend? Pinoe didn’t even play in the final, didn’t play in the first game and I really can’t recall much of what she did of note. She put the cross into Morgan in the Sweden game, but Alex PUT it in.

    That’s embarrassing. If Pinoe had class she would just walk over and give that trophy to AM. Not that it so much matters. They won so who cares, but anyone with an explanation? Does Pinoe have relatives on the voting committee. Just so absurd.

    • Terry Lash

      Agree. Totally not understandable. AM should have received the trophy.

    • Anon

      I’d have given it to Morgan as well, but I’d say Krieger deserves an honorable mention. I thought she played very well in all three of her appearances.

    • Steglitz49

      Morgan’s goal against Sweden come off a corner. Set-pieces are hard to defend against. English football excel at them.

      Who decides the MVP trophy?

    • Don B.

      Morgan, O’Hara, and Kreiger all deserve it more. But no question Morgan brought it every match and deserves it most of all.

    • heremerawr

      Thank goodness I’m not the only one who thought it was ridiculous that Pinoe won player of the tournament. That was hands down Alex’s trophy. I could maybe be persuaded to give it to Krieger or O’Hara, but Pinoe? Absolutely not.

      Anyway, rant aside, this was a good match. I kinda wish we could see Press at forward just so I could figure out how she looks playing her natural position for a full game. But meh, guess we’ll see. This was one of the best games I’ve seen Leroux play, ignoring the yellow card, as she hustled the full 90 and had a nice assist to AM. Was anyone else surprised and impressed by how well Saurbrunn did as a DM? Perhaps TS should look into a position change. We got a bit chippy at times, something I hope will get sorted out, although Germany seemed to be diving a bit near the end. Barnhart was rock solid. This was Tobin’s best game of the tournament, although she still seems a bit off for whatever reason. Hopefully club play in PSG and then Portland will help sort that out.

      Anyone know if it rained before the game or something? It seemed like people were slipping and falling all over the place.

      • Anon

        It must have rained for it to be that muddy. I read that Pinoe had a minor muscle strain after slipping in the mud, which was why Tobin took her spot in the starting lineup at the last minute.

  • sol1711

    averbuch, the fucking bitch, red card
    oh no, the referee has many money from the us

  • sol1711

    the referee has very very many money from the us.

    und die nutte averbruch sollte sich von deutschland fernhalten, sonst brechen wir der dummen nutte auch die kniescheibe.

    rache für kessler

    revenge for kessler,

    broken kneecap for averbruch

    • Don B.

      As long as you make statements such as “broken kneecap for averbush”, and “averbuch, the f******* b****”, I’ll keep reporting you. I urge everyone else to do the same as well. There is no place for that here.

      • sol1711

        sie hat sich für ihr foul noch nicht mal entschuldigt
        revenge for kessler
        die nutte averbuch, arschloch, wird bluten.
        die kniescheibe wird zerstört.