On this day in 2002, Del Piero scores in USA loss

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 0-1 🇮🇹 Italy

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After lifting the Gold Cup less than two weeks ago, the US had to travel to Sicily for this match.

62’

A giveaway from Regis leads to a tap-in from Alessandro Del Piero. Look at the hair.

Scorer: Alessandro Del Piero (Massimo Marazzina) 62′

ITA: 1-Francesco Toldo; 2-Francesco Coco, 3-Mark Iuliano, 5-Fabio Cannavaro (Capt.) (13-Luigi Sartor, 82′), 6-Marco Materazzi; 8-Damiano Tomassi (22-Gennarro Gattuso, 75′), 7-Antonio Asta (21-Gianluca Zambrotta, 46′), 4-Cristiano Zanetti; 10-Francesco Totti (18-Alessandro Del Piero, 46′); 9-Christian Vieri (19-Massimo Marazzina, 46′), 11-Marco Di Vaio (17-Cristiano Doni, 46′)

Subs Not Used: 12-Gianluigi Buffon, 16-Gianluca Pessotto, 14-Daniele Bonera, 15-Alesso Tacchinardi, 20-Angelo Di Livio

USA: 1-Brad Friedel; 22-Tony Sanneh (2-Frankie Hejduk, 59′), 3-Gregg Berhalter, 12-Jeff Agoos, 6-David Regis; 5-John O’Brien, 14-Chris Armas, 10-Claudio Reyna (Capt.) (7-Eddie Lewis, 80′), 8-Earnie Stewart; 21-Landon Donovan (15-Josh Wolff, 65′), 9-Joe-Max Moore (11-Jovan Kirovski, 79′)

Subs Not Used: 18-Kasey Keller, 24-Pablo Mastroeni, 13-Cobi Jones

Referee: Joseph Attard (MLT)

Cards: Marco Materazzi [Y 58], Gennarro Gattuso [Y 90′]

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