Friday, March 27, 2020

On this day in 2018, Wood's penalty difference in win

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A Bobby Wood penalty was the difference in this win two years ago. Tim Weah made his first senior cap, replacing Marky Delgado in the 86’.

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Wood from the spot.

Scorers: Bobby Wood 45′ (PK)

USA: 12-Zack Steffen; 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 3-Matt Miazga, 5-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 19-Jorge Villafaรฑa; 20-Wil Trapp; 6-Darlington Nagbe (9-Cristian Roldan, 90’+2), 8-Marky Delgado (11-Tim Weah, 86′), 4-Tyler Adams, 10-Kenny Saief (23-Rubio Rubin, 67′); 7-Bobby Wood (18-Andrija Novakovich, 77′)

Subs not used: 1-Bill Hamid, 13-Erik Palmer-Brown, 14-Antonee Robinson, 15-Eric Lichaj, 17-Shaq Moore

Head coach: Dave Sarachan

PAR: 1-Roberto Fernandez; 5-Bruno Valdez, 4-Fabian Balbuena, 3-Gustavo Gomez, 13-Junior Alonso; 16-Cristian Riveros (6-Richard Ortiz, 65′), 8-Rodrigo Rojas (10-Derlis Gonzalez, 83′), 21-Oscar Romero (19-Cecilio Dominguez, 80′), 7-Nestor Camacho (17-Hernan Perez, 54′), 23-Miguel Almiron; 9-Federico Santander

Subs not used: 12-Alfredo Aguilar, 2-Juan Patiรฑo, 11-Angel Romero, 14-Luis de la Cruz, 15-Richard Sanchez, 18-Roberto Ovelar

Head coach: Gustavo E. Morinigo

Referee: Kimbell Ward (SKN)

Cards: DeAndre Yedlin [Y 62′], Cameron Carter-Vickers [Y 81′] — Roberto Fernandez [Y 44′], Junior Alonso [Y 53′], Rodrigo Rojas [Y 56′], Federico Santander [Y 90′], Richard Ortiz [Y 90’+1]

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