USA vs. El Salvador player ratings (out of 10):

Tim Howard - 7 - Wasn't called into action much, but looked alert and ready to pounce. Made some heads up plays on a few bad clearances.

Jonathan Bornstein - 6 - Faded in and out of the attack, made a few bad tackles and could have hustled back a bit more after losing possession.

Michael Parkhurst - 8 - Solid game, made few to no mistakes and looked much more confident than his debut.

Oguchi Onyewu - 7 - Caught out twice, but recovered to clear the danger once and in general played a much more calm and collected.

Jonathan Spector - 6 - Very tidy at the back, but didn't contribute much to the attack.

Benny Feilhaber - 6 - Short passing lacked authority and made a couple questionable decisions in that regard, but moved well and long passing was good.

Pablo Mastroeni - 8 - Did well for his first game in almost a year, looked comfortable with the clogged midfield and did an excellent job distributing the ball and controlling the tempo.

Michael Bradley - 5 - The effort was there, but made too many mistimed passes and tackles. Bad tackle early resulting in a booking limited his ability to enforce himself on the game.

Landon Donovan - 6 - Didn't look entirely comfortable being in between playing centrally and wide. Didn't utilize width or fullback support enough. Service on set pieces still need work.

DaMarcus Beasley - 9 - MAN OF THE MATCH - Two well taken goals and all around great play. Created chances around the box and always had El Salvador on their heels. Unlucky not to have scored more.

Clint Dempsey -8 - Worked extremely hard, linked up well, and was unlucky not to have gotten on the scoresheet.

Substitutes:

Taylor Twellman - 7 - Very well taken goal, good movement off the ball.

Brian Ching - 7 - Excellent no look pass to set up Twellman's goal, worked very hard.

Frank Simek - 6 - Not much time to put his stamp on the game, went forward well.