Saturday, June 6, 2020

On this day in 2009, a comeback during World Cup qualifying

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇭🇳 Honduras
‪📍 ‬Chicago
‪👔 ‬Bradley
‪📋 ‬World Cup Q

Three days after falling to 🇨🇷, the US bounced back to come from behind to win at home.

43'
Landon Donovan equalizes from the spot.

68'
Carlos Bocanegra helps secure all three points with this diving header. Donovan curls in the corner and Clint Dempsey nods the back into the six-yard box. Bocanegra gets his head to the ball first and beats Noel Vallardes.
Scorers: Landon Donovan (PK) 43′, Carlos Bocanegra (Clint Dempsey) 68′ — Carlos Costly (Carlos Pavon) 5′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 12-Jonathan Spector, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.) (14-Jay DeMerit, 71), 13-Jonathan Bornstein; 8-Clint Dempsey, 2 -Ricardo Clark, 4-Pablo Mastroeni (9-Benny Feilhaber, 46), 10-Landon Donovan; 11-Conor Casey (7-DaMarcus Beasley, 75), 17-Jozy Altidore

Subs not used: 18-Brad Guzan, 6-Marvell Wynne, 15-Charlie Davies, 16-Sacha Kljestan

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

HON: 18-Noel Vallardes; 14-Mauricio Sabillon, 2-Osman Chavez, 6-Mario Beata, 3-Maynor Figueroa; 13-Carlos Costly, 7-Amado Guevara (Capt.), 4-Hendry Thomas, 10-Ramon Nunez (15-Walter Martinez, 79); 9-Carlos Pavon (16-Georgie Welcome, 67), 8-Wilson Palacios (17-Danilo Turcios, 66)

Subs not used: 1-Junior Morales, 5-Erick Norales, 11-Allan Lalin, 12-Emilio Izaguirre

Head Coach: Reinaldo Rueda

Referee: Mauricio Morales (MEX)

Cards: Conor Casey [Y 20′], Landon Donovan [Y 62′] — Mario Beata [Y 41′]

US Soccer History Lineup

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