| Jones, Dempsey | Nani, Varela |

Portugal score early and late goals to clinch their first point at the 2014 World Cup in a 4 goal thriller.

· USA have now scored in 12 of their last 14 World Cup games (2002, 2006, 2010 & 2014).

· USA score in a 8th consecutive World Cup game (2006, 2010 & 2014).

· Portugal  score (2) in a World Cup match for the first time since beating South Korea (7-0) after 2 games without scoring against Germany (4-0) & Brazil (0-0) {2010 & 2014}.

· The match had a total of 36 shots on goal.

· Portugal (52%) edges the possession stakes by 4%.

– Tim Howard makes several very good saves for the USA to keep them in the game at various points in the game and particularly at 1-0.

– All 4 goals came from a result of crosses/set pieces/individual errors.

– The USA are level on points with Germany who are top on goal difference (+4).

– Ghana & Portugal are on a point each & still have a chance of progressing to the next round but would need to do so on goal difference & without there being a draw in the USA-Germany game.

· USA & Portugal play out the second 2-2 draw of the tournament.

· The games sees only the sixth draw at the 2014 World Cup.