The USA finally announce themselves on the big stage by beating Ghana convincingly.
A Guillermo Ochoa inspired Mexico kept the hosts at bay and hinted to everything within the Brazil camp was not well.
Tim Cahill produced a moment of magic against the Dutch, but couldn’t prevent them from slipping to a second straight defeat.
Spain head home early as a second defeat to Chile consigns them to an early flight.
Wayne Rooney finally bagged his first World Cup goal against Uruguay but it wasn’t enough to keep them in the tournament as a Luis Suarez brace sent the Three Lions packing.