Tuesday, July 21, 2020

On this day in 2005, Onyewu's late winner

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇭🇳 Honduras
‪📍 ‬East Rutherford
‪👔 ‬Arena
‪📋 ‬Gold Cup SF

Trailing since the half-hour mark, the US needed two goals in the final five minutes plus extra-time to pull out this semifinal.

86'
John O'Brien pounces on the loose ball in the box to tie the match.

90+2'
Oguchi Onyewu picks a big time to notch his first international goal. Landon Donovan tosses in the free-kick and defender gets his face to the ball for the winner.

Scorer: John O’Brien (unassisted) 86′, Oguchi Onyewu (Landon Donovan) 92+’ — Ivan Guerrero (Tyson Nunez) 30′

USA: 18-Kasey Keller (Capt.); 4-Oguchi Onyewu, 23-Eddie Pope (2-Frankie Hejduk, 15′), 12-Jimmy Conrad; 14-Chris Armas, 25-Pablo Mastroeni (8-Clint Dempsey, 58′), 5-John O’Brien, 10-Landon Donovan; 19-Steve Ralston, 16-Josh Wolff (13-Pat Noonan, 63′), 7-DaMarcus Beasley

Subs not used: 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 3-Greg Vanney, 9-Santino Quaranta, 22-Tony Sanneh

HON: 1-Victor Coello (22-Junior Morales, 51+’), 4-Samuel Caballeros, 21-Erick Vallecilo, 3-Maynor Figueroa, 2-Asthor Enriquez (24-Luis Guifarro, 89′); 14-Oscar Garcia, 13-Mario Berrios, 19-Danilo Turcios (8-Wilson Palacios, 75′), 23-Ivan Guerrero; 10-Wilmer Velazquez (capt.), 11-Milton Nuñez.

Subs not used: 6-Junior Izaguirre, 9-Jose Ramirez, 18-Carlos Moran, 20-Hendry Thomas

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Cards: Pablo Mastroeni [Y 34′] — Danilo Turcios [Y 49′], Mario Berrios [Y 58′], Oscar Garcia [Y 72′]

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