A morale-boosting victory for the USA before they resume their World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday.
The world wasn't over when Belgium beat the US last week, and the US don't rule it now they've beaten Germany today, but few teams will score four against even a depleted Germany side, and the US deserve credit.
And of course the big news is the return of Jozy Altidore as an attacking threat. The US need him to carry this form forward now. Elsewhere, Dempsey was Dempsey — it's easy to take him for granted until you realize how many more goals he's chipped in than any other US player of late. And he hustled throughout the game.
The US still have question marks about some of the soft goals they can concede, and Gonzalez, for all his promise, tends to be there or thereabouts when crucial mistakes are happening. But this was quite a way to celebrate a birthday and nothing will spoil their day. Thanks for all your tweets and emails. Sorry I didn't get to use them all. See you on Friday for Jamaica vs USA.
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