United States overall player ratings for World Cup 2010

Landon Donovan got it done – even if he was couple of toots short of a full vuvuzela performance in that bummer of a Round of 16 loss.

Tim Howard? See above. About the same. He wasn’t exactly SuperTim, and his booboo against Ghana dropped the man’s overall grade, but his overall body of work was respectable, at least.

Steve Cherundolo brought the goods in a big way as the Bundesliga man rated as the best U.S. defender.

Michael Bradley and Maurice Edu were level as the second-rated U.S. midfielder behind Dandy Donovan.

Not only was Jozy Altidore the highest rated American forward, he was the only one who got a cumulative grade beyond a garden-variety 5.

I rated every player for each match for SI.com. (You can find the individual matches here.)

Today, we posted the cumulative average ratings at SI.com.

There aren’t many surprises. It’s about what you’d think, if you were watching objectively.

A couple of mea culpas on the overall exercise after the break …

In retrospect, I probably graded Onyewu too highly against England. I didn’t think he was particularly good in theU.S. opener but everyone around me kept telling me they thought he was a big ol’ badass. So I bumped him up in one of those last minute, last-check scans before sending. These things are done on deadline, after all, so they are imperfect, not to mention 100 percent subjective.

So, my bad. I mean, didn’t we learn in 6^th grade standardized testing to "trust your first instinct?"

So Onyewu has an overall average grade, even though he got pulled from the starting lineup after a second consecutive wobbly outing.

The only other overall rating I see that deserves a second look is Jonathan Bornstein, based on his second appearance. I gave him a 5 against Ghana, based mostly on a completely undistinguished first half. He was much more effective and looked far more comfortable coming forward after the break So, maybe he could have received a 6 for his night in Rustenburg. Then again, it’s a World Cup, and you really shouldn’t need to "work yourself into" the game. But maybe I could be talked into a minor self flogging on that one.

Thoughts? Did I get anything wrong?