On this day in 2002, young Beasley makes the difference

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A young DaMarcus Beasley scored the winner in the first of three World Cup tune-up matches.

6'
Jeff Agoos finds Tony Sanneh's head from a corner to open the scoring.

40'
Beasley got in on the act as well with this cut and rebounded finish.

Scorers: Tony Sanneh (Jeff Agoos) 6′, DaMarcus Beasley (unassisted) 40′ — Sebastian Abreu (Alvaro Recoba) 60′

USA: 1-Brad Friedel (Capt.); 6-David Regis, 12-Jeff Agoos, 23-Eddie Pope, 22-Tony Sanneh (2-Frankie Hejduk, 68′); 14-Chris Armas (4-Pablo Mastroeni, 24′), 17-DaMarcus Beasley, 8-Earnie Stewart (21-Landon Donovan, 46′), 13-Cobi Jones; 11-Clint Mathis, 20-Brian McBride (9-Joe-Max Moore, 67′)

Subs Not Used: 19-Tony Meola, 3-Gregg Berhalter, 15-Josh Wolff, 16-Carlos Llamosa

URU: 1-Gustavo Munua; 2-Alejandro Lembo, 3-Gonzalo Sorondo, 6-Dario Rodriguez (19-Ruben Olivera, 68′), 8-Gustavo Mendez; 5-Pablo Garcia (Capt.), 10-Fabian O’Neill, 11-Federico Magallenes (7-Gianni Guigou, 46′), 18-Nicolas Olivera (16-Mario Regueiro, 46′); 13-Sebastian Abreu, 20-Alvaro Recoba

Subs Not Used: 12-Federico Elduayan, 14-Sebastian Eguren, 15-Gonzalo de los Santos, 21-Daniel Fonseca, 22-Diego Perez

Referee: Fredy Burgos Escobar (GUA)

Cards: Tony Sanneh [Y 54′] — Alvaro Recoba [Y 54′], Sebastian Abreu [Y 76′], Gustavo Mendez [Y 77′], Fabian O’Neill [Y 79′]


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