Altidore headed wide from a Garcia centre and then, having been played in by Bullard, opted to square the ball to nobody instead of shooting from a central position 12 yards out.
This was not going to happen in Time Square when the ball hit zero.
Irish debutant Conor Henderson - another ball-playing midfielder - probed for a gap through the back-line and the 19-year-old's deflected pass was pounced on by Tomas Rosicky, who sped to the byeline to clip a square ball through the legs of Charlie Daniels across the box.
Sutton had a great chance to put Motherwell two up but he sliced the ball 12 yards out after Clarkson's square ball bobbled on the uneven surface.
Within seconds Derby should have been level after Stephen Pearson ended a mazy run into the Coventry penalty box with a square ball towards Dickov but the striker inexplicably drilled his shot over from six yards.
Celtic restored parity six minutes after the restart when Samaras sent a square ball to McGeady on the right-hand side of the Motherwell penalty area and the Republic of Ireland international curled in a superb shot past Ruddy.
The final nail in Malawi's coffin came two minutes from the end, when Mayo - who could have claimed his hat-trick - instead unselfishly laid the ball square to Kauleza.
Agbonlahor picked the ball out on the right and cut back into the box before threading a square ball to Gardner who slotted home from close range.
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It was from a penalty, conceded by Saints for not standing square at the play-the-ball, that Leeds eventually took the lead on 36 minutes.
He was struggling to get the ball off the square and after crawling to 11 from 23 deliveries, it was almost a blessed relief when he holed out on the cover-point boundary.
Flower clipped the ball off his legs to deep square leg and attempted a second run, only to find himself short of his ground when Buttler fired the ball in for wicketkeeper Kieswetter to remove the bails.
Tonight, as midnight approaches, and the ball drops in Times Square to usher in 2013, many celebrants will be drinking champagne.
But when Yakubu hit a square ball to Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, the Russian's left-footed volley from distance was hit with tremendous timing, and only just disappeared over the top of Cesar's crossbar.
More than one-quarter, or 28 percent of those surveyed to be exact, are going to miss the ball drop in Times Square compared to 14 percent who are heading out to a party.
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If anyone doubts how seriously those potentially impacted viewed the possibility of these very costly changes, just speak with any estate planner (me included) who feverishly worked on client gifting and transfers until the ball dropped over Times Square!
The very next ball Akmal pulled Mills straight to Guptill at deep square leg but Shahzaib continued the belt New Zealand to all parts of the ground, hitting Ian Butler for two fours and a six in the sixth over.
He also hit some thumping drives down the ground but on 44 he mis-timed a sweep and the ball looped gently to backward square.
New Year's Eve is fast approaching, and workers in New York City are hard at work installing 32, 256 LED lights on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball.
Have you ever tried to stuff a 9 year-old and 12 year-old into bed when the alternative is to watch the New Year Ball descend at Times Square (even if on TV)?
Another problem: a lawsuit claiming it stole the design for the hot-selling Two-Ball Putter. (Callaway says it bought the design fair and square from another party.) And even the luster of celebrity endorsers, including top golfer Annika Sorenstam , are little help against new rival Nike (nyse: NKE - news - people ), whose high-tech products and spokeschampion Tiger Woods are luring customers.
Borthwick claimed a second easy catch to give Bresnan his first Test wicket when Brendan Nash guided a ball travelling down the leg side to square-leg.
It was 1997 and on a whim we went into Manhattan to see the ball drop on New Year's Eve in Times Square.
The Chelsea defence was caught square as Harewood latched onto a cute reverse ball from Reo-Coker and was able to follow-up his own shot that bounced following a save by Petr Cech.
He added 71 for the fourth wicket with Neil Broom (24) but the pair departed in quick succession, with Taylor clearly angry with himself after pulling a short ball from Shane Watson straight to the boundary fielder at square leg.
But Ballymena's lead lasted only eight minutes with Rainey running onto a through ball and blasting to the net with the home defence caught square.
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The ball disappeared with tremendous velocity over wide long-on, backward square-leg, extra-cover, backward point and mid-wicket while Broad and skipper Paul Collingwood played the role of startled rabbits.
Bell, playing exactly the sort of shot he should have avoided, a square cut off a Morkel ball which had extra bounce, picked out gully where AB de Villiers pulled off an excellent catch.
New York marked the occasion with the traditional New Year's Eve countdown and ball-drop over Times Square.
The pair were eventually separated in highly controversial fashion after Pietersen attempted to square cut a ball from left-arm spinner Benn which bounced more than he expected.
He also recommends using a small square trampoline and throwing a weighted ball against it, twisting from side to side as the ball is thrown to engage the core.
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