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USA Dash Northern Ireland's Dreams in Milk Cup Final
The final of the elite section of the milk cup is live on BBC 2 Northern Ireland. The programme has just started and they've already mentioned the 5,000 capacity crowd gathered to watch the match at Coleraine Showgrounds.
Tommy Stewart played a through ball to his teammate Kyle Lafferty in the 11th minute who was brought down by the keeper and Northern Ireland were awarded a penalty, which Stewart then converted. 1 - 0 to Northern Ireland.
Just 10 minutes later the USA were awarded a dodgy penalty for a handball by Andy Cleary in the box which was converted by Rodriguo Lopez to make it 1-1.
Charlie Davies put the USA 2-1 in front with a well taken goal in the 32nd minute and Davies made it 3-1 right on half time. America then went 4-1 up early in the 2nd half (just before the hour mark) and yes, it was another penalty. It wasn't looking good.
Johnny Steele had a good game and topped it off with a consolation goal 8 minutes from time, but the end was spoiled as Paul McDowell was sent off in the last minute.
Meanwhile, Brazil ended on a high, beating Serbia & Montenegro 5-0 to win the third place play-off.
