On this day in 2015, this free kick from Shea

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-1 🇨🇭 Switzerland

📍 Zurich

👔 Klinsmann

📋 Friendly

The second of two Euro friendlies ends in a draw, with Brek Shea scoring his fourth and last US goal.

45’

This free-kick is so brilliant. The fan reaction is great too.

Scorers: Valentin Stocker (Silvan Widner) 80′ — Brek Shea (unassisted) 45′

SUI: 21-Roman Burki; 2-Stephan Lichsteiner (6-Silvan Widner, 46′), 22-Fabian Schar, 5-Steve von Bergen, 3- Jacques Fracois Moubandje; 8-Gokhan Inler (Capt.) (10-Granit Xhaka, 46′), 16-Gelson Fernandes (9-Haris Seferovic, 72′), 7-Fabian Frei (17-Pajtim Kasami, 46′), 23-Xherdan Shaqiri; 19- Josip Drmic (15-Breel Embolo, 56′), 18-Admir Mehmedi (14-Valentin Stocker, 46′)

Subs not used: 1-Yann Sonner, 4-Fabian Lustenberger, 11-Valon Behrani, 12-Marwin Hitz, 13-Ricardo Rodriguez, 20-Johan Djourou

Head coach: Vladimir Petkovic

USA: 1-Nick Rimando (22-William Yarbrough, 46); 21-Timmy Chandler, 15-Michael Orozco (19-Ventura Alvarado, 46′), 6-John Brooks, 13-Brek Shea; 14-Danny Williams, 11-Alejandro Bedoya (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 76′), 7-Alfredo Morales (5-Tim Ream, 89′), 4-Michael Bradley (Capt.); 20-Gyasi Zardes (8-Jordan Morris, 89′), 17-Jozy Altidore (sendoff, 68′)

Subs not used: 3-Greg Garza, 10-Miguel Ibarra, 16-Julian Green, 18-Rubio Rubin

Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)

Cards: Jozy Altidore [Y 68′, 68′]

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On this day in 2004, friendly revenge over Poland

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-0 🇵🇱 Poland

📍 Plock

👔 Arena

📋 Friendly

As seen in this week’s OneGoalUS weekly newsletter.

Revenge for the World Cup defeat in 2002.

26’

Conor Casey controls. Josh Wolff one-time to DaMarcus Beasley, who finishes the move.

The #USMNT fell 3-1 to 🇵🇱 in the 2002 World Cup in the final group match on June 14.

It would have been a catastrophe if not for 🇰🇷 beating 🇵🇹 in the other Group D matchup.

Scorer: DaMarcus Beasley (Josh Wolff) 26′

POL: 1-Jerzy Dudek; 2-Tomasz Klos, 3-Tomasz Rzasa, 4-Marcin Baszczynski (17-Tomasz Hajto, 46), 5-Arkadiusz Radomski (15-Miraslaw Szymkowiak, 46); 6-Jacek Bak (capt.), 7-Euzebiusz Smolarek (16-Damian Gorawski, 62), 8-Jacek Krzynowek, 9-Grzegorz Rasiak (18-Marek Saganowski, 46); 10-Mariusz Lewandowski (14-Sebastian Mila, 72), 11-Maciej Zurawski

Subs not used: 12-Maciej Nalepa

USA: 1-Brad Friedel; 13-Greg Vanney, 3-Gregg Berhalter, 25-Pablo Mastroeni (4-Carlos Bocanegra, 52), 6-Steve Cherundolo; 22-Chris Klein (5-Tony Sanneh, 74), 10-Claudio Reyna (capt.), 17-DaMarcus Beasley, 9-Clint Mathis (8-Kerry Zavagnin, 85); 16-Josh Wolff (15-Bobby Convey, 46), 11-Conor Casey

Subs not used: 7-Kyle Martino, 20-Brian McBride, 24-Jonny Walker

Referee: Tommy Skjerven (NOR)

Cards: none

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On this day in 2005, bounce-back qualifying win on Matchday 3

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 2-0 🇬🇹 Guatemala

📍 Birmingham

👔 Arena

📋 World Cup Q

After falling to 🇲🇽 at the Azteca three days prior, the Yanks bounced back.

11’

Landon Donovan’s flick sets up the free shot for Eddie Johnson, who converts the chance.

68’

Steve Ralston seals the win with this goal with just about 20 minutes to go.

Carlos Bocanegra curls in the cross. E. Johnson nods it into the path of Steve Ralston, who scores his third international goal.

Scorers: Eddie Johnson (Landon Donovan) 11′, Steve Ralston (Eddie Johnson) 68′

USA: 18-Kasey Keller (Capt.); 6-Steve Cherundolo, 22-Oguchi Onyewu, 12-Cory Gibbs, 4-Carlos Bocanegra; 25-Pablo Mastroeni, 14-Steve Ralston, 7-Eddie Lewis (13-Pat Noonan, 84′), 21-Landon Donovan (2-Clint Dempsey, 91+’); 9-Eddie Johnson, 21-Brian Ching (16-Josh Wolff, 79′)

Subs not used: 22-Kevin Hartman, 3-Gregg Berhalter, 5-Chris Albright, 20-Brian McBride

GUA: 22-Richard Trigueno, 3-Pablo Melgar, 4-Denis Chen (24-Maynor Davila, 46′), 6-Gustavo Cabrera, 13-Nestor Martinez; 7-Fredy Thompson, 8-Gonzalo Romero (18-Carlos Quinonez, 46′), 11-Guillermo Ramirez, 19-Mario Rodriguez (23-Hernan Sandoval, 69′); 17-Dwight Pezzarossi, 20-Carlos Ruiz

Subs not used: 1-Miguell Klee, 2-Nelson Morales, 12-Carlos Figueroa, 15-Juan Carlos Plata,

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)

Cards: Clint Dempsey [Y 91+’] — Carlos Ruiz [Y 73′], Carlos Quinonez [Y 89′]

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On this day in 2016, Pulisic's first cap

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 4-0 🇬🇹 Guatemala

📍 Columbus

👔 Klinsmann

📋 World Cup Q

Christian Pulisic’s first cap ends in another Fourth Round win for the Yanks.

12’

Geoff Cameron’s long pass is nodded down by Gyasi Zardes and Clint Dempsey fires home.

35’

Classic set-piece.

Michael Bradley curls in the cross and Cameron heads it home.

46’

Great drive from DeAndre Yedlin before the pass into Zardes. The ball falls to Graham Zusi, who finds the bottom corner.

89’

Jozy Altidore gets in on the act after some excellent work by Dempsey. Pulisic was waiting for that debut goal.

Scorers: Clint Dempsey (Gyasi Zardes) 12′, Geoff Cameron (Michael Bradley) 35′, Graham Zusi (Gyasi Zardes) 46′, Jozy Altidore (Clint Dempsey) 89′

USA: 1-Brad Guzan; 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 21-Steve Birnbaum, 20-Geoff Cameron, 23-Edgar Castillo; 19-Graham Zusi (11-Christian Pulisic, 81), 15-Kyle Beckerman, 4-Michael Bradley (capt.); 7-Bobby Wood (17-Jozy Altidore, 66), 8-Clint Dempsey, 9-Gyasi Zardes (13-Ethan Finlay, 71)

Subs not used: 3-Omar Gonzalez, 5-Ventura Alvarado, 6-Lee Nguyen, 10-Mix Diskerud, 12-Tim Howard, 14-Michael Orozco, 16-Darlington Nagbe, 18-Chris Wondolowski, 22-David Bingham

Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

GUA: 12-Paulo Motta; 3-Cristian Jimenez, 5-Moises Hernandez, 8-Jean Marquez, 9-Gerson Tinoco (7-Luis Fernando Martinez, 74); 11-Mafre Icute (20-Carlos Ruiz, 46), 13-Carlos Castrillo, 14-Rafael Morales, 10-Jose Contreras; 18-Stefano Cincotta (16-Marco Pappa, 46), 22-Rodrigo Saravia

Subs not used: 1-Ricardo Jerez, 2-Jonathan Winibacker Lopez, 4-Hamilton Lopez, 6-Marco Rivas, 15-Luis Cardona, 17-Gerardo Arias, 19-Kevin Arriola, 21-Jose Carlos Garcia, 23-Edi Guerra

Head coach: Walter Claveri

Referee: Valdin Legister (JAM)

Cards: Michael Bradley [Y 71′] — Cristian Jimenez [Y 34′]

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Player Profile: Earnie Stewart

Born on March 28, 1969, in Veghel, 🇱🇺, the midfielder played 17 pro seasons, mostly in the 🇱🇺 top division.

Currently the sporting director at US Soccer.

He scored 17 goals in 101 #USMNT caps. Here is his goal against 🇿🇦 on 6/3/2000.

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On this day in 2017, a road draw in qualifying

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-1 🇵🇦 Panama

📍 Panama City

👔 Arena

📋 World Cup Q

A point on Matchday 4 on the road put the US in a good position to qualify...

39’

Christian Pulisic does all the work here before the Clint Dempsey finished off the move.

43’

A long throw creates havoc in the US box and Gabriel Gomez equalizes.

United States: Tim Howard; Graham Zusi, Omar Gonzalez, Tim Ream, Jorge Villafana; Jermaine Jones (Kellyn Acosta 75’), Michael Bradley, Darlington Nagbe (Alejandro Bedoya 69’), Christian Pulisic; Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore (Paul Arriola 82’)

Goals: Dempsey (39’)

Panama: Jamie Penedo; Luis Ovalle, Roman Torres, Felipe Baloy, Adolofo Machado; Alberto Quintero (Joel Barcenas 75’), Anibal Godoy, Gabriel Gomez (Amilcar Henriquez 80’), Armando Cooper; Gabriel Torres, Luis Tejada

Goals: Gomez (43’)

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On this day in 2009, qualifying comeback on the road

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 2-2 🇸🇻 El Salvador

📍 San Salvador

👔 Bradley

📋 World Cup Q

Trailing by two in the final 15 minutes, the Yanks fought back to earn a point on Matchday 2.

77’

After this nice exchange, Frankie Hejduk finds Jozy Altidore for the header.

88’

Landon Donovan’s corner is punched by Miguel Montes and Hejduk leaps the highest to head this one home.

Scorers: Eliseo Quintanilla (Osael Romero) 15′, Cristian Castillo (Rodolfo Zelaya) 72′ — Jozy Altidore (Frankie Hejduk) 77′, Frankie Hejduk (unassisted) 88′

SLV: 18-Miguel Montes (1-Juan Jose Gomez, 75′), 12-Manuel Salazar, 3-Marvin González, 2-Mardoqueo Henríquez, 15-Alfredo Pacheco, 6-Julio Martínez, 7-Ramon Sánchez, 17-Cristian Castillo, 8-Osael Romero, 10-Eliseo Quintanilla (4-Dennis Alas, 82′), 11-Rodolfo Zelaya (16-Carlos Ayala, 80′)

Subs not used: 5-Luis Hernandez, 13-Deris Umanazor, 14-William Torres, 9-Rudis Corrales

Head Coach: Carlos de los Cobos

USA: 18-Brad Guzan; 2-Frankie Hejduk, 14-Danny Califf, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 15-Heath Pearce (9-Jozy Altidore, 61′); 16-Sacha Kljestan (6-José Francisco Torres, 72′), 12-Michael Bradley (13-Maurice Edu, 95+), 10-Landon Donovan, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 11-Brian Ching, 8-Clint Dempsey

Subs not used: 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 5-Jay DeMerit, 4-Pablo Mastroeni, 17-Jonathan Spector

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

Referee: Benito Archundia (MEX)

Cards: Cristian Castillo [Y 57′], Eliseo Quintanilla [Y 82′] — Michael Bradley [Y 56′]

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On this day in 2018, Wood's penalty difference in win

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-0 🇵🇾 Paraguay

📍 Cary

👔 Sarachan

📋 Friendly

A Bobby Wood penalty was the difference in this win two years ago. Tim Weah made his first senior cap, replacing Marky Delgado in the 86’.

45’

Wood from the spot.

Scorers: Bobby Wood 45′ (PK)

USA: 12-Zack Steffen; 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 3-Matt Miazga, 5-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 19-Jorge Villafaña; 20-Wil Trapp; 6-Darlington Nagbe (9-Cristian Roldan, 90’+2), 8-Marky Delgado (11-Tim Weah, 86′), 4-Tyler Adams, 10-Kenny Saief (23-Rubio Rubin, 67′); 7-Bobby Wood (18-Andrija Novakovich, 77′)

Subs not used: 1-Bill Hamid, 13-Erik Palmer-Brown, 14-Antonee Robinson, 15-Eric Lichaj, 17-Shaq Moore

Head coach: Dave Sarachan

PAR: 1-Roberto Fernandez; 5-Bruno Valdez, 4-Fabian Balbuena, 3-Gustavo Gomez, 13-Junior Alonso; 16-Cristian Riveros (6-Richard Ortiz, 65′), 8-Rodrigo Rojas (10-Derlis Gonzalez, 83′), 21-Oscar Romero (19-Cecilio Dominguez, 80′), 7-Nestor Camacho (17-Hernan Perez, 54′), 23-Miguel Almiron; 9-Federico Santander

Subs not used: 12-Alfredo Aguilar, 2-Juan Patiño, 11-Angel Romero, 14-Luis de la Cruz, 15-Richard Sanchez, 18-Roberto Ovelar

Head coach: Gustavo E. Morinigo

Referee: Kimbell Ward (SKN)

Cards: DeAndre Yedlin [Y 62′], Cameron Carter-Vickers [Y 81′] — Roberto Fernandez [Y 44′], Junior Alonso [Y 53′], Rodrigo Rojas [Y 56′], Federico Santander [Y 90′], Richard Ortiz [Y 90’+1]

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On this day in 2008, a big win over Poland

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 3-0 🇵🇱 Poland

📍 Krakow

👔 Bradley

📋 Friendly

Three set-piece goals lead the Yanks to a win on the road.

12’

Landon Donovan’s free-kick is nodded home by captain Carlos Bocanegra.

35’

Another set-piece, this time from a corner.

Donovan curls it in and Oguchi Onyewu is the first to meet the ball in the box.

Can’t let him get to that!

73’

Eddie Lewis sealed the win with one last dead ball.

His left-footed strike was curled past Artur Boruc.

Scorers: Carlos Bocanegra (Landon Donovan) 12′, Oguchi Onyewu (Landon Donovan) 35′, Eddie Lewis (unassisted) 73′

POL: 1-Artur Boruc; 13-Marcin Wasilewski, 6-Jacek Bak, 16-Arkadiusz Radomski (19-Michal Golinski, 63′), 3-Grzegorz Bronowicki; 21-Lukasz Piszczek (17-Wojciech Lobodzinski, 46′), 18-Mariusz Lewandowski, 5-Dariusz Dudka, 8-Jacek Krzynowek (7-Euzebiusz Smolarek, 46′); 9-Maciej Zurawski (10-Lukasz Gargula, 46′), 20-Pawel Brozek (11-Radolsaw Matusiak, 46′)

Subs not used: 2-Mariusz Jop, 4-Pawel Golanski, 12-Tomasz Kuszczak, 15-Michal Pazdan

Head Coach: Leo Beenhakker

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo (17-Jonathan Spector, 72′), 22-Oguchi Onyewu (23-Jay DeMerit, 63′), 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 5-Heath Pearce (20-Benny Feilhaber, 85′); 10-Landon Donovan (7-Eddie Lewis, 64′) 13-Ricardo Clark, 4-Michael Bradley, 8-Clint Dempsey; 11-Brian Ching (16-Josh Wolff, 63′), 9-Eddie Johnson

Subs not used: 24-Marcus Hahnemann, 12-Cory Gibbs

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

Referee: Anders Hermansen (DEN)

Cards: Marcin Wasilewski [Y 37′] — Josh Wolff [Y 89′]

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On this day in 1994, Perez's last US goals

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 2-2 🇧🇴 Bolivia

📍 Dallas

👔 Sampson

📋 Friendly

Hugo Perez’s brace helps the US to a draw. These would be the last two international goals Perez would score.

31’

The first was from the penalty spot around the half-hour mark.

47’

The second came on a counter just after the break.

Chris Henderson picks up the pass before laying the ball off to Perez for the empty net.

Mario Pinedo equalized for the visitors in the 76’.

Scorers: Hugo Pérez 31′ (PK), 48′ — Julio César Baldivieso 12′, Mario Pinedo 76′

USA: Tony Meola, Jeff Agoos (Paul Caligiuri 46′), Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Desmond Armstrong, Mike Burns, Thomas Dooley, Hugo Pérez (Janusz Michallik 82′), Chris Henderson, Peter Vermes (Claudio Reyna 46′), Cobi Jones

BOL: Carlos Leonel Trucco, Marco Sandy, Miguel Angel Rimba, Modesto Soruco, Luis Cristaldo, Vladimir Soria, Ramiro Castillo (Mario Pinedo 72′), Julio César Baldivieso, Juan Carlos Chavez, Jaime Moreno (Richard Cueto 76′), William Ramallo (Guillermo Alvaro Pena 64′)

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On this day in 2011, a draw with Argentina

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-1 🇦🇷 Argentina

📍 East Rutherford

👔 Bradley

📋 Friendly

The first of two friendlies in March ends in a draw.

59’

After Esteban Cambiasso opened the scoring, Juan Agudelo pounced on this Mariano Andujar parried save.

Scorers: Juan Agudelo (Carlos Bocanegra) 59′ — Esteban Cambiasso (unassisted) 42′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Jonathan Spector (21-Timmy Chandler, 46′), 15-Jay DeMerit, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 13-Jermaine Jones (9-Juan Agudelo, 46′), 4-Michael Bradley, 7-Maurice Edu, 8-Clint Dempsey, 10-Landon Donovan; 17-Jozy Altidore

Subs not used: 6-Tim Ream, 12-Jonathan Bornstein, 14- Edson Buddle, 16-Sacha Kljestan, 23-Marcus Hahnemann

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

ARG: 1-Mariano Andujar; 8-Javier Zanetti, 4-Nicolas Burdisso, 6-Gabriel Milito; 24-Marco Rojo, 20-Ever Banega, 14-Javier Mascherano (Capt.), 5-Esteban Cambiasso (16-Lucas Biglia, 73′); 22-Ezequiel Lavezzi, 10-Lionel Messi, 7-Angel Di Maria

Subs not used: 3-Nicolas Otamendi, 9-Jose Josa, 11-Javier Pastore, 12-Adrian Gabbarini, 15-Marcos Angeleri, 17-Fernando Belluschi, 18-Nicolas Gaitan, 19-Mario Bolatti, 21-Augustin Marchesin, 23-Eduardo Salvio

Head Coach: Sergio Batista

Referee: Roberto Garcia (MEX)


Cards: Maurice Edu [Y 35′], Timmy Chandler [Y 48′], Landon Donovan [Y 79′], Carlos Bocanegra [Y 90+1]

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On this day in 2019, Pulisic's 10th goal

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-1 🇨🇱 Chile

📍 Houston

👔 Berhalter

📋 Friendly

The second of two friendlies against #Conmebol opponents ends in a draw.

4’

Christian Pulisic scores his 1️⃣0️⃣th international goal on his 2️⃣5️⃣th cap. Good pass from Gyasi Zardes.

Scorers: Christian Pulisic (Gyasi Zardes) 4′ — Oscar Opazo 9′

USA: 22-Ethan Horvath; 2-DeAndre Yedlin (Capt.), 19-Matt Miazga, 3-Omar Gonzalez, 13-Tim Ream; 4-Michael Bradley, 15-Cristian Roldan (18-Jonathan Lewis, 84′), 10-Christian Pulisic (17-Sebastian Lletget, 35′); 20-Corey Baird (16-Daniel Lovitz, 56′), 9-Gyasi Zardes (11-Jordan Morris, 79′), 7-Paul Arriola (6-Wil Trapp, 66′)

Subs not used: 12-Jesse Gonzalez, 5-John Brooks, 21-Christian Ramirez, 24-Nick Lima

Head coach: Gregg Berhalter

CHI: 1-Gabriel Arias; 4-Mauricio Isla, 6-Guillermo Maripán (19-Sebastián Vegas, 70), 8-Arturo Vidal, 9-Nicolas Castillo (7-Diego Rubio, 86), 10-Diego Valdés (13-Erick Pulgar, 70), 14-Esteban Pavez, 15-Oscar Opazo, 17-Gary Medel (Capt.), 18-Gonzalo Jara, 20-Charles Aránguiz (21-Jimmy Martínez, 90)

Subs not used: 12-Brayan Cortés, 23-Lawrence Vigouroux, 2-Eugenio Mena, 3-Igor Lichnovsky, 5-Paulo Díaz, 11-Felipe Mora, 16-Pedro Pablo Hernández, 22-Jean Meneses, 25-Iván Morales

Head coach: Reinaldo Rueda

Referee: Daneon Parchment (JAM)

Cards: Daniel Lovitz [Y 75′] — Esteban Pavez [Y 27′], Sebastián Vegas [Y 85′], Arturo Vidal [Y 90’+2]

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On this day in 2007, Donovan's second hat-trick

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 3-1 🇪🇨 Ecuador

📍 Tampa

👔 Bradley

📋 Friendly

Landon Donovan nets his second international hat-trick in the first of two March friendlies this year.

1’

This control and finish is something to be admired.

11’

The visitors equalized through Felipe Caicedo just 10 minutes later.

This is a good finish.

66’

Classic counter for the second.

Brian Ching holds up the long ball well and finds the streaking Donovan.

67’

One. Minute. Later.

DaMarcus Beasley puts the ball on a plate for Donovan, who smashes this one!

Scorers: Landon Donovan (unassisted) 1′ (Brian Ching) 66′ (DaMarcus Beasley) 67′ — Felipe Caicedo (Neicer Reasco) 11′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 3-Carlos Bocanegra, 6-Steve Cherundolo (4-Jonathan Spector, 80′), 12-Jimmy Conrad, 22-Oguchi Onyewu; 2-Clint Dempsey (17-Brian Mullan, 80′), 5-Benny Feilhaber, 7-DaMarcus Beasley (21-Justin Mapp, 83′), 10-Landon Donovan (Capt.) (16-Brian Carroll, 91+’); 9-Eddie Johnson (8-Michael Bradley, 46′), 11-Brian Ching (20-Taylor Twellman, 73′)

Subs not used: 18-Kasey Keller

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

ECU: 1-Rorys Aragon; 3-Ivan Hurtado (5-Jorge Guagua, 78′), 4-Ulised de la Cruz, 17-Giovanny Espinoza, 18-Neicer Reasco (13-Oscar Bagui, 91+’); 8-Edison Mendez, 14-Segundo Castillo, 16-Luis Valencia, 20-Luis Caicedo (19-Luis Saritama, 64′); 10-Felipe Caicedo (11-Edmundo Zura, 72′), 21-Carlos Tenorio (9-Felix Borja, 78′)

Subs not used: 12-Daniel Viteri, 15-Edder Vaca

Head Coach: Luis Suarez

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (CAN)

Cards: Benny Feilhaber [Y 22′] — Giovany Espinoza [Y 16′], Ulises de la Cruz [Y 18′]

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On this day in 2015, Bendter's hat-trick

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 2-3 🇩🇰 Denmark

📍 Aarhus

👔 Klinsmann

📋 Friendly

The first of two Euro friendlies ends with Nicklas Bendtner capping his hat-trick late.

19’

Jozy Altidore opens the scoring, getting on the end of this Timmy Chandler cross. 

66’

After Bendtner equalized in the 33’, Aron Johannsson gave the Americans the lead a second time.

Michael Bradley plays the ball over the top to Altidore, who unselfishly lays it off to Johannsson.

90+1’

Bendtner equalized again in the 83’ before setting up this winner.

Christian Eriksen over the top and the big man does so well. Oh well.

Scorers: Nicklas Bendtner (Lasse Vibe) 33′ (unassisted) 83′ (Christian Eriksen) 90+1 — Jozy Altidore (Timmy Chandler) 19′, Aron Johannsson (Jozy Altidore) 66′

DEN: 16-Stephan Andersen; 2-Daniel Wass, 3-Simon Kjar, 4-Erik Sviatchenko, 5-Nicolai Bollesen (17-Simon Busk Poulsen, 53′); 7-William Kvist (23-Anders Christiansen, 46′), 18-Jakob Poulsen (19-Thomas Delaney, 46′), 21-Lasse Vibe, 10-Christian Eriksen (Capt.); 9-Michael Krohn-Dehli (14-Lasse Schöne, 78), 11-Nicklas Bendtner

Subs not used: 1-Kasper Schmeichel, 6-Las Jacobsen, 8-Martin C. Braithwaite, 12-Mathias Zanka Jorgensen, 13-Kian H. Hansen, 22-Jonas Lössl

Head coach: Morten Olsen

USA: 1-Nick Rimando; 21-Timmy Chandler, 15-Michael Orozco (19-Ventura Alvarado, 80′), 6-John Brooks, 3-Greg Garza; 20-Gyasi Zardes (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 67′) 11-Alejandro Bedoya (7-Alfredo Morales, 46′), 4-Michael Bradley (Capt.), 23-Fabian Johnson (13-Brek Shea, 46′); 17-Jozy Altidore, 9-Aron Johannsson (18-Rubio Rubin, 67′)

Subs not used: 5-Tim Ream, 10-Miguel Ibarra, 14-Danny Williams, 16-Julian Green, 22-Williams Yarbrough

Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

Referee: Mattias Gestranius (FIN)

Cards: William Kvist [Y 25′] — Jozy Altidore [Y 78′], Ventura Alvarado [Y 89′]

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On this day in 1997, a qualifying tough loss in Costa Rica

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 2-3 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

📍 San Jose

👔 Sampson

📋 World Cup Q

Always tough on the road in #concacaf and this loss was no different. 1-1-1 to start qualifying.

25’

Eric Wynalda equalizes with his 30th international goal.

67’

The US has to equalize again, this time through Roy Lassiter.

The striker picks off this lazy pass, beats his defender and rips a shot across his body into the net.

76’

Ronald Gomez’s winner.

Scorers: Hernán Medford 10′, Mauricio Solís 32′, Rónald Gómez 76′ — Eric Wynalda 25′, Roy Lassiter 67′

CRC: Hermidio Barrantes, Hárold Wallace, Luis Marín, Austín Berry, Rónald González, Rónald Gómez, Benjamín Mayorga, Hernán Medford (Jafet Soto 61′), Wílmer López, Mauricio Solís, Paulo Wanchope (Rónald Chavez 75′)

USA: Kasey Keller, Anthony Sanneh, Eddie Pope (Mike Burns 64′), Alexi Lalas, Jeff Agoos, Cobi Jones, Claudio Reyna (Peter Vermes 75′), John Harkes, Thomas Dooley, David Wagner (Roy Lassiter 46′), Eric Wynalda

Cards: Wílmer López [Y 82′] – Anthony Sanneh [Y 17′], Eric Wynalda [Y 26′], Cobi Jones [Y 85′]

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