Etiwanda grad Edu robbed of winner in World Cup

Nobody seems to know why Etiwanda High School graduate Maurice Edu’s apparent game-winning goal in Friday’s U.S. World Cup match against Slovenia was waived off. A foul was called in the 85th minute of an eventual 2-2 tie as he knocked Redlands native Landon Donovan’s free kick into the back of the net but referee Koman Coulibalu negated the score due to a foul he wouldn’t reveal to the U.S. players, later reported to have been a violation by U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra of Alta Loma.

“I’m a little gutted to be honest,” Donovan, who scored the first goal of the second-half comeback, told the New York Daily News. “I don’t know how they stole that last goal from us. I’m not sure what the call was. He (the referee) wouldn’t tell us what the call was.”

If there was a foul on the play, the Americans, namely Michael Bradley, looked to be the victim. Edu, who won an NCAA championship at Maryland, was the No. 1 pick in the 2007 MLS draft but currently plays in Glasgow, Scotland for Rangers, who paid a 2.6-million pound transfer fee for him. Friday marked the first action in a World Cup match for the 24-year-old Edu, who is keeping a World Cup diary.

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