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Goal. things finished off by the captain clint dempsey put the u.s. in the lead had a lot of americans, including my entire family, believing this was it. but with seconds to go, you saw it and we have to play it again. portugal took the wind out of the u.s. sails. this final header hitting the pause button on the american dreams of moving to the next world cup stage. they can still do it, but will need a win or a tie against germany on thursday for a guaranteed one-way ticket to the knockout ro...

Played well so they should be proud and one nation, one team. were going to go through. >> keep the faith. keep the faith. theres one more game. >> we believe, man. >> theres one more game, were going to take it and be on to the knockout round. >> reporter: keep the faith. we believe. thats right. now listen, this game on thursday means a lot. at 12:00 p.m. theyll be playing germany with a draw against nermner germany, team usa moves on. with a win they move on. if portugal and ghana draw, they ...

Its 2-1! ronaldo! its a great cross, and it is an equalizer! >> i dont like the word equalizer. do you? i dont. the u.s. had a promising 2-1 lead. the clock ticking down in regulation. the ref added five minutes. portugal netting the latest goal ever. u.s. fans shattered ending in a 2-2 draw. the next step for america, if the u.s. wins or draws against germany, they advance to the knockout round. if they lose, they can still advance if portugal and ghana draw. or if they win a tiebreaker versus ...

They are. but if the u.s. wins or ties, they go to knockout round. they dont have to win, just have to tie. what are the odds they can pull it off? >> right now our model says theres about 36% chance the u.s. wins or draws. and as you said, they dont actually have to beat germany. which is good. because germfully is a really good team and there is only about 15% chance that we would beat germany out right. >> only 15% chance to beat out right. does the u.s. have a chance. a lot of people would b...

Away from a date with world cup destiny. as the u.s. team prepares to take on portugal, fans worldwide, well, the outfits just give it away. they are loud, they are proud. okay, thats little bit scary, and patriotic. a win today would propel team usa into the world cup knockout round. it is time now for our world cup lightning round. our reporters ready with insights. laura, you first. you got it wrong last time, you picked ghana over the u.s. heres your chance for redemption. what do you predic...

Brazil. temperatures, according to shasta darlington, 90 in the shade. humidity, overwhelming. u.s. team considered underdog. across the nation, fans are primed for victory after team usas stunning win over ghana days ago. the u.s. has a golden opportunity for world cup advancement. a win today would guarantee that the u.s. team gets a spot in the world cup knockout round. heres our world cup coverage team in rio. host of cnn internationals world sport, correspondent shasta darlington outside th...

No different. usa will win. >> reporter: how worried are you about cristiano ronaldo, somewhat injured, star player, won the european championship with real madrid, a force to be dealt with? >> i think that the match against ghana proved the united states can take on any team in this world. weve got this. >> reporter: all right. are you overenthusiastic because of the win over ghana? this is a tough european matchup. >> i didnt think its overenthusiastic with the u.s. they probably said that 12 ...

Fans, also saying 2-1, cause they are going to have to let probably one through from cristiano ronaldo and bottle one up. >> for the person who said they didnt like ronaldo, i dont condone or agree with that. richard roth, you know soccer, can the u.s. realistically go up and bring down portugal? okay, richard apparently has been abducted by american fans a that the bar where he is at. we will check with him later. if the u.s. does win today, they will advance to the knockout round. how far, if ...

Klinsmann handles this. the coach is usually known to keep his cards close to his vest. altidore had the mri yesterday. the results have not been made available, not a surprise. we fully expect jurgen klinsmann will keep the bill belichick card here and keep his injury status a secret as long as possible, obviously playing mind games with the upcoming opponent portugal. the teams captain, clint dempsey, who broke his nose in the ghana game. hes a go for sunday. he played all 90 minute last game,...

Cards close to his vest. of course, yesterday, altidore had the left mri on the hamstring he strained. the mri results were not made available which doesnt surprise me. i fully expect klinsmann and his team will pull the bill belichick card and keep that secret as long as possible. >> with jozy, we got to see how he reacts the next couple of days with the hamstring. and were full of hope that he comes back in this tournament. thats what we kind of work on every day. >> now, the teams capital, cl...