On this day in 1998, another great Preki goal

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 2-1 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

📍 Oakland

👔 Sampson

📋 Gold Cup GS

To cap Group C action, the US found themselves even midway through the second half.

78’

Preki picks up the ball on the right-wing. And you can see the rest. 

Top of the group.

Scorers: Eddie Pope 7′, Predrag Radosavljevic 78′ — Allan Oviedo 56′

USA: Brad Friedel, Jeff Agoos, Marcelo Balboa (Predrag Radosavljevic 69′), Alexi Lalas, Eddie Pope (Mike Burns 46′), Frankie Hedjuk, John Harkes, Cobi Jones, Joe-Max Moore, Eric Wynalda, Roy Wegerle (Brian McBride 63′)

CRC: Erick Lonnis, Luis Marín, Austín Berry, Hárold Wallace (Bérnard Mullins 82′), Mauricio Wright, Luis Arnáez, Wílmer López, Joaquín Guillen, Roy Myers (Floyd Guthrie 71′), Allan Oviedo (Jervis Drummond 65′), Paulo Wanchope

Cards: Roy Wegerle [Y 26′], Alexi Lalas [Y 45′], Frankie Hedjuk [Y 77′]

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On this day in 1986, Bruce Murray score first international goal

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🇺🇸 #USMNT 1-1 🇺🇾 Uruguay

📍 Miami

👔 Osiander

📋 Miami Cup

The second match with Lothar Osiander ends in a draw.

Bruce Murray, who ranks seventh in US Men’s soccer history with 21 goals in 85 caps, scored his first international goal.

Scorers: Bruce Murray – Carlos Aguilera

USA: David Vanole, Paul Krumpe, Paul Caligiuri, Tom Kain, Mike Windischmann, Eric Biefeld, John Stollmeyer (Steve Sengelmann), Eric Eichmann, Bruce Murray (Dale Ervine), Brent Goulet, Tom Silvas

URU: Fernando Alvez, José Luis Russo, Eduardo Acevedo, Mario Menchaca (César Pereira), Miguel Bossio, Eliseo Rivero, Carlos Aguilera, Santiago Ostolaza (Pablo Bengoechea), Rogelio Ramírez (Enrique Báez), José Luis Zalazar, Mauricio Silvera

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One Cap Hero Series: Tim Twellman

#OneCapHero Tim Twellman 🇺🇸

Born in St. Louis, he played nine years professionally in the NASL and MISL. He is also the father of former #USMNT striker Taylor Twellman.

Twellman made his lone cap on Mar 21, 1982, in a 2-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago. He played the full 90 minutes.

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On this day in 2007, friendly version of Dos a Cero

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📍 Glendale

👔 Bradley

📋 Friendly

A strong start to the year after falling out at the World Cup Group Stage last summer.

52’

Landon Donovan curls in the corner and Jimmy Conrad finds the back of the net.

90’+1

Speaking of Donovan, here is a goal that shows off his pace.

After a bad pass bounces of the ref, Ricardo Clark plays the simple pass into Donovan and the speedster if off to the races with this direct move.

Dos a cero but in a friendly.

Scorers: Jimmy Conrad (Landon Donovan) 52′, Landon Donovan (Ricardo Clark) 91+’

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 3-Jonathan Bornstein, 4-Carlos Bocanegra, 5-Chris Albright (Joshua Gros, 68), 12-Jimmy Conrad; 2-Clint Dempsey (Brian Carroll, 75), 13-Ricardo Clark, 15-Bobby Convey, 25-Pablo Mastroeni (Capt.); 10-Landon Donovan, 17-Chris Rolfe (9-Eddie Johnson, 64)

Subs not used: 24-Joe Cannon, 14-Bryan Namoff, 20-Taylor Twellman, 21-Justin Mapp, 23-Bobby Boswell

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sánchez; 2-Ricardo Osorio, 3-Carlos Salcido, 4-Rafael Márquez; 5-Ramon Morales (18-Andres Guardado, 46), 6- Gerardo Torrado (22-Omar Bravo, 62), 7-Alberto Medina (17-Jose Francisco Fonseca, 46), 8-Pável Pardo, 14-Gonzalo Pineda; 10-Cuauhtémoc Blanco (23-Adolfo Bautista, 46), 9-Jared Borgetti

Subs not used: 12-Guillermo Ochoa, 15-Joaquin Beltran, 19-Israel Castro

Head Coach: Hugo Sanchez

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (CAN)

Cards: USA – Jonathan Bornstein [Y 10′], Carlos Bocanegra [Y 42′], Brian Carroll [Y 78′] — Carlos Salcido [Y 11′], Gerardo Torrado [Y 60′]

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Player Profile: Michael Orozco

Born on February 7, 1986, in Orange, CA, Michael Orozco started his professional career at San Luis in 2006 and is currently playing for Orange County SC in the USL Championship.

Here is his final #USMNT goal against Iceland on Jan 31, 2016.

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