Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the USA's clash with North Korea in Group C of the Women's World Cup in Dresden.

Cheney has a great chance for the US after a Rodriguez cross was cut out but fell to the winger inside the box, her volley was far too close to Hong though who saves easily

There's nothing in it really as the half progresses, few clear-cut chances have been created as both teams are cancelling each other out

Cheney takes the resulting corner but it's not a good one and is headed clear

Rodriguez tries a clever reverse pass to find Wambach in the area and she very nearly does were it not for Hong who just got there first

Rodriguez looking for a corner at the other end as she went to head an O'Reilly cross but it clearly came off the American last

Song whips in a cross from the right and it creates all sorts of problems for the USA who don't know how to deal with it at all, it's Buehler who eventually steps in to clear

Jo takes the corner, it's half cleared and Ri gets in a shot but it's mis-hit and easy for Solo

Kim tries some tricks on the right wing and it's enough to win a corner off Cheney

Song crosses from the right for North Korea but it's very poor and sets Rodriguez off on a counter-attack, she plays in O'Reilly but she's closed out by three defenders and the ball is cleared

Ra works hard in the face of two defenders and wins a throw-in deep in the USA half

Jon for North Korea shows a bit of trickery in the middle of midfield beating Lloyd and then having a go from twenty-five yards but Solo was never troubled in the American goal, well over

A nasty looking landinf for Lloyd as she goes up for a header, she falls right on her head but she seems to be OK

O'Reilly, Wambach and Lloyd link-up beautifully on the edge of the North Korean area but Lloyd's effort is well blocked by Jon, Lloyd gets another effort in but it's tame

Rodriguez shows some brilliant skill on the left and puts in another cross but Hong does better this time and claims it

The six-yard box is incredibly packed and there's only one place this corner is going, Hong drops the cross and it is just about cleared.

Boxx does well winning the ball and feeding Wambach who spreads the play and the forward move eventually wins a corner for the USA from the right

Another foul throw not flagged up by the referee, very poor officiating, and the North Koreans are getting away with it

Cheney looks for Rodriguez from deep but again it was a very difficult ball to control and she understandably failed to do so

The referee reprimands Song for taking too long over a throw-in but the real problem is that they aren't throwing them in correctly, every throw so far could have been given as a foul throw

The USA struggling to get a rhythm going thanks to the hard work and the physicality of the North Koreans all over the pitch

Ri concedes a free-kick in the USA penalty area, seemed harsh but I think it was for shirt pulling