Mexico 0 USA 2
The United States stunned an underwhelming Mexico side to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup today.
Goals from Brian McBride and Landon Donovan sent the unfancied Americans into an unexpected last-eight meeting against Germany in Ulsan on Friday.
Aside from a semi-final appearance at the first ever finals in 1930, Bruce Arena's team have broken new ground for a nation where 'soccer' remains a poor relation to basketball, baseball and gridiron.
The result caps a remarkable turnaround from the last finals in France when the Americans finished with the worst record in the tournament.
USA took the lead against their North American rivals in their first attack of this second-round match.
Captain Claudio Reyna raced to the byline and found Josh Wolff who pulled the ball back for McBride to fire past Mexican goalkeeper Oscar Perez after eight minutes.
The second was created in the second-half by Eddie Lewis who roared down the left wing and crossed to 20-year-old Donovan, sprinting into the area to nod home.
Two goals down after 65 minutes, Mexico were increasingly frustrated at their inability to beat veteran American goalkeeper Brad Friedel.
Their frustration boiled over when captain Rafael Marquez was sent off for headbutting Cobi Jones in an aerial challenge at the end of a bad-tempered match.