U.S. men are simply outclassed by England in 2-0 loss.

The United States men were simply overmatched and outclassed by England, which recorded a 2-0 victory before 71,233 at Wembley Stadium outside London.
England dominated the midfield, while the strong, veteran English defense was little tested by a U.S. team that showed almost no attack.
The U.S. chances were dealt a severe blow by the absence of Landon Donovan, who was ruled out with a groin injury. Without Donovan's pace in the midfield, the American offense was left to midfielder DaMarcus Beasley making runs and attempts to play high balls to striker Eddie Johnson, which the England defense easily handled.
The U.S. midfield of Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, a surprisingly subdued Clint Dempsey and Beasley were simply no match for Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Owen Hargreaves and Frank Lampard. The Americans were back on their heels for most of the night and did little better when England coach Fabio Capello began substituting in the second half.
Except on rare occasions, the U.S. midfield could not make short passes linking with the forwards and the Americans created nothing dangerous until very late in the match.
The American defense actually did not play badly, but was put under constant pressure, not only by the speed of strikers Jermain Defoe and Wayne Rooney, but from the large number of dangerous free kicks given the English by foolish fouling.
The first England goal came off defender and captain John Terry's header off a Beckham free kick in the 38th minute. In the 59th minute, Gerrard made it 2-0 after the U.S. defense lost him as he came in from the left side left side with no U.S. midfielder in position to offer any help.
England was not overly impressive with its workmanlike performance at home against an overmatched opponent. It should have won by more and more easily.
As opposed to a number of U.S. victories over the past few months -- especially against Poland -- the Americans faced an opponent tonight with a full squad looking to impress its coach. The difference in quality was stark.