On this day in 2009, Dos a Cero to start World Cup qualifying

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On this day in 2009, Dos a Cero lives on:

The final round of the 2010 World Cup qualifying started with a match against Mexico in Columbus. A sold-out crowd of 23,776 came to watch the rivalry between the two neighboring nations.

Tim Howard was called into action a couple of times in the opening few minutes before the Americans finally settled into the match. Both teams had chances in the first half, but nothing clear-cut. That was until a couple of minutes before the halftime break.

43'

DaMarcus Beasley curled in a corner. Landon Donovan headed it back into the mix for Oguchi Onyewu. Oswaldo Sanchez saved the initial shot, but Michael Bradley pounced for the opener.

64’

Midway through the second half, Rafael Marquez was shown red of this aerial collision with Tim Howard.

90’+2

Donovan drove into space before playing simply into Bradley and he does it again. This time, it was from distance and all three points were sealed. 

Dos a Cero lives on!

This would be the perfect start to this qualifying campaign.


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Scorers: Michael Bradley (unassisted) 43′ (Landon Donovan) 92+

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Frankie Hejduk, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 15-Heath Pearce; 8-Clint Dempsey, 4-Michael Bradley, 16-Sacha Kljestan (13-Ricardo Clark, 86′), 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 10-Landon Donovan, 11-Brian Ching (9-Jozy Altidore, 83′)

Subs not used: 18-Brad Guzan, 6-Jonathan Bornstein, 14-Danny Califf, 17-Jose Francisco Torres, 12-Marvell Wynne

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 2-Aaron Galindo, 3-Carlos Salcido, 4-Rafael Marquez (Capt.), 5-Ricardo Osorio; 6-Leandro Augusto, 12-Alberto Medina (15-Antonio Naelson, 60′), 8-Pavel Pardo; 11-Carlos Ochoa, 10-Nery Castillo (14-Israel Martinez, 34′), 17-Giovani dos Santos (9-Omar Bravo, 72′)

Subs not used: 13-Guillermo Ochoa, 18-Leobardo Lopez, 7-Luis Perez, 16-Guillermo Franco

Head Coach: Sven-Goran Eriksson

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