On this day in 2004, Pope's late winner over Mexico

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A one-off friendly against the rivals ends with the captain scoring at the death.

90+3'
Bobby Convey curled in the free-kick. Taylor Twellman skied and found the frame. A good save from Oswaldo Sanchez fell to Pope for the winner.

Scorer: Eddie Pope (Taylor Twellman) 93′

USA: 1-Jonny Walker; 2- Frankie Hejduk, 23-Eddie Pope (capt.), 25-Pablo Mastroeni, 15-Bobby Convey; 14-Chris Armas, 5-Kerry Zavagnin, 10-Landon Donovan, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 16-Josh Wolff (20-Taylor Twellman, 66), 11-Conor Casey (9-Jovan Kirovski, 84)

Subs not used: 22-Kevin Hartman, 4- Chris Albright, 6-Ritchie Kotschau, 8-Richard Mulrooney, 13-Pat Noonan

MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez, 5-Duilio Davino, 14-Francisco Rodriguez, 20-Ricardo Osorio; 2-Diego Martinez, 8-Pavel Pardo (19-Israel Lopez, 46), 23-Luis Perez, 7-Octavio Valdez (11-Emilio Mora, 67), 21-Hector Altamirano (6-Mario Perez, 61); 9-Jared Borguetti (3-Omar Briceno, 80), 10-Omar Bravo

Subs not used: 12-Moises Munoz, 15-Jesus Mendoza, 18-Salvador Carmona

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (CAN)

Cards: Conor Casey [Y 25′], Bobby Convey [Y 36], Frankie Hejduk [Y 71] — Pavel Pardo [Y 31], Luis Perez [Y 30′], Omar Briceno [Y 92′]

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