On this day in 2004, Donovan penalty salvaged friendly draw

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-1 🇩🇰 Denmark

📍 Carson

👔 Arena

📋 Friendly

The Americans started the year with another California friendly. Roll-Larsen opened the scoring with a penalty in the first half.

76’

Donovan equalizes from the spot. Just a friendly draw.

Scorers: Landon Donovan (PK) 76′ — Thomas Roll-Larsen (PK) 28′

USA: 1-Jonny Walker; 5-Chris Albright (2-Frankie Hejduk, 79′), 23-Eddie Pope (Capt.), 3-Nick Garcia, 15-Bobby Convey; 12-Steve Ralston (17-Chris Klein, 62′), 8-Richard Mulrooney (13-Kerry Zavagnin, 71′), 13-Chris Armas (11-John Wolyniec, 88′), 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 9-Ante Razov (16-Josh Wolff, 62), 10-Landon Donovan

Subs not used: 22-Kevin Hartman, 4-Ritchie Kotschau

DEN: 1-Peter Skov-Jensen; 19-Ulrik Vinzents, 10-Per Nielsen, 2-Martin Albrechtsen (18-Bo Svensson, 58′), 14-Asbjorn Sennels; 12-Martin Retov (17-Nicolai Stokholm, 47+’), 20-Morten Wieghorst (Capt.) (11-David Rasmussen, 74′), 5-Morten Bisgaard (9-Jan Kristiansen, 79′), 15-Michael Silberbauer (7-Steffen Hojer, 64′); 13-Thomas Roll-Larsen, 3-Tommy Bechmann (4-Soren Borg, 58)

Subs not used: 16-Stephan Andersen, 6-Peter Christiansen, 8-Denni Conteh

Referee: Antonio Rodriguez Mendoza (MEX)

Cards: Eddie Pope [Y 26′], — Martin Albrechtsen [Y 7′], Tommy Bechmann [Y 32′], Nicolai Stokhom [Y 46′, Y 84], Ulrik Vinzents [Y 74′], Per Nielsen [Y 75′]

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On this day in 2003, US pumps four past Canada

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 4-0 🇨🇦 Canada

📍 Ft Lauderdale

👔 Arena

📋 Friendly

A very solid start to the year by the Americans with a convincing win over the neighbors to the north.

7’

Carlos Bocanegra nods home the Bobby Convey corner. We lead.

31’

Landon Donovan does so well to slip in Clint Mathis here. The captain takes the pass in stride with one touch forward and a left-footed finish. 

32’

One minute later.

Jeff Cunningham goes darting before the ball slips into the path of Chris Klein.

No mistake was made.

61’

After a nice exchange from Donovan and Mathis set up a chance for a Donovan cross.

Steve Ralston pounces and that was it. 

Scorers: Carlos Bocanegra (Bobby Convey) 7′, Clint Mathis (Landon Donovan) 31′, Chris Klein (Jeff Cunningham) 32′, Steve Ralston (Landon Donovan) 61′

USA: 18-Tim Howard (24-Nick Rimando, 46′); 15-Bobby Convey (15-Pete Vagenas, 68′), 4-Carlos Bocanegra, 2-Danny Califf, 12-Sasha Victorine (3-Nick Garcia, 77′); 25-Pablo Mastroeni (8-Richard Mulrooney, 36′), 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 17-Chris Klein (13-Steve Ralston, 46′), 21-Landon Donovan; 9-Clint Mathis (Capt.) (11-Taylor Twellman, 68′), 20-Jeff Cunningham (14-Ben Olsen, 46′)

Subs not used: None

CAN: 1-Lars Hirschfeld; 3-Carl Fletcher, 4-Tony Menezes; 5-Richard Hastings, 6-Chris Pozniak, 7-Atiba Hutchinson, 8-Daniel Imhof, 2-Tam Nsawila, 9-Sita-Taty Matondo (15-Chris Williams, 68′); 10-David Xausa (16-Rob Friend, 62′), 11-Maycoll Canizalez

Subs not used: 22-Pat Onstad, 12-Kevin Harmse, 13-Marco Reda, 14-Winston Marshall

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (SLV)

Cards: Atiba Hutchinson [Y 50′]

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On this day in 1996, Brazil’s ends US Gold Cup run

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 0-1 🇧🇷 Brazil

📍 Los Angeles

👔 Sampson

📋 Gold Cup Semi

The Americans’ chance to win its second Gold Cup came to an end with a loss to the World Cup champions.

79’

Savio drove down the left and his cross came off Balboa for an OG.

Scorer: Marcelo Balboa 79′ (OG)

USA: Kasey Keller, Marcelo Balboa, Jeff Agoos (Roy Lassiter 84′), Alexi Lalas, Mike Burns, Tab Ramos, Thomas Dooley (Claudio Reyna 29′), John Harkes, Cobi Jones, Joe-Max Moore, Eric Wynalda

BRA: Dida, Narciso (Alexandre Lopes 90′), André, Carlinhos, Zé Maria, Arílson, Amaral, Flávio Conceicao, Jamelli, Sávio, Caio

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