UPDATE: USA 0-1 Germany. Complete recap, highlights and analysis here.
Two nations chasing World Cup glory will do battle today in a match between the United States and Germany. The 2014 World Cup group-stage match scheduled for 12 p.m. ET will be held at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife and can be live streamed here free. A free Spanish language stream of the match can be found here. Free radio coverage here. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN, Univision and ESPN Deportes.
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One point, that's all both teams need to advance to the Round of 16. Conspiracies of collusion have even begun to run rampant in internet circles. Just don't expect Fabian Johnson to subscribe to them. According to the American right-back, no draw will be seeked by the United States. The team is in Recife to win.
"I think everybody can see that Germany has a great team, great individual players," said Johnson (via FIFA). "I think they're technically good. They try to play straight to the goal. We have to defend as a whole unit again, like we did against Portugal, and we're going to create our chances."
"It's not in our nature [to play for a draw]," he added. "We want to win this game, like we did in the qualifying match against Panama so that Mexico could go through. It's just not in our nature to play for a draw."
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Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Exposing the defensive inefficiencies of DaMarcus Beasley will be the focal point of Germany's attack this afternoon, placing the spotlight on Germany's Mesut Ozil. The 25-year-old, on form, is as menacing as they come. He enters today's match averaging two dribbles and 2.5 key passes per match.
USA's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Howard; Beasley, Besler, Cameron, Johnson; Beckerman, Jones; Zusi, Bradley, Bedoya; Dempsey
Germany's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Neur; Howedes, Hummels, Mertesacker, Mustafi; Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Kroos; Gotze, Muller, Ozil
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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