Sunday, June 21, 2020

On this day in 2009, victory over Egypt to advance to the semifinals

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‪๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #USMNT‬ 3-0 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
‪๐Ÿ“ ‬Rustenburg
‪๐Ÿ‘” ‬Bradley
‪๐Ÿ“‹ ‬Confeds Cup GS

Thanks in large part to ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท, the US needed all three goals to finish second in the group despite having two losses.

21'
Charlie Davies gets it started with this finish after all the work in the box.

63'
The comeback to make the semifinals was truly on when Michael Bradley slid to knock home the Landon Donovan low cross.

71'
Clint Dempsey snags the needed third goal by nodding home this Jonathan Spector cross. With ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท beating ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น 3-0, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น and ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ were tied on points. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ had scored one more goal in the group stage to advance.

Scorers: Charlie Davies (unassisted) 21′, Michael Bradley (Landon Donovan) 63′, Clint Dempsey (Jonathan Spector) 71′

USA: 18-Brad Guzan; 12-Jonathan Spector, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 15-Jay DeMerit, 2-Jonathan Bornstein; 10-Landon Donovan (Capt.), 13 -Ricardo Clark, 12-Michael Bradley, 8-Clint Dempsey; 9-Charlie Davies (4-Conor Casey, 82), 17-Jozy Altidore (22-Benny Feilhaber, 69)

Subs not used: 1-Tim Howard, 3-Carlos Bocanegra, 6-Heath Pearce, 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 11-Marvell Wynne, 14-Danny Califf, 19-Freddy Adu, 20-Jose Torres, 23-Luis Robles

Not Eligible: 16-Sacha Kljestan (suspension)

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

EGY: 1-Essam El Hadary (Capt.); 7-Ahmed Fathi (4-Ahmed Said, 53), 6-Hani Said, 20-Wael Gomaa, 15-Ahmed Farag; 3-Ahmed Al Muhamadi, 11-Mohamed Shawky, 22-Mohamed Aboutrika, 8-Hosni Abd Rabbou; 10-Ahmed Eid (17-Ahmed Hassan, 50), 18-Ahmed Abdelghani (19-Mohamed Abougrisha, 62)

Subs Not Used: 16-Wahid, 23-Mohamed Sobhi, 2-Mahmoud Fathalla, 5-Ahmed Khairy, 9-Mohamed Zidan, 12-Mohamed Homos, 13-Abdelaziz Tawfik, 14-Sayed Moawad, 21-Ahmed Raouf

Head Coach: Hassan Shehata

Referee: Michael Hester (NZL)

Cards: Jonathan Spector [Y 38′], Michael Bradley [Y 48′] — Ahmed Al Muhamadi [Y 83′]

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