One Cap Hero Series: Tommy O'Hara

#OneCapHero Tommy O'Hara 🇺🇸

Born on Aug 17, 1952, O'Hara started his career at Celtic in 1971 before moving to the US in 1978 to play in the NASL for four seasons. He finished his career in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, where he was born.

He made his one cap in the only match of 1982 — a 2-1 win over 🇹🇹 on Mar 21.

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On this day in 2004, Pope's late winner over Mexico

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A one-off friendly against the rivals ends with the captain scoring at the death.

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Bobby Convey curled in the free-kick. Taylor Twellman skied and found the frame. A good save from Oswaldo Sanchez fell to Pope for the winner.

Scorer: Eddie Pope (Taylor Twellman) 93′

USA: 1-Jonny Walker; 2- Frankie Hejduk, 23-Eddie Pope (capt.), 25-Pablo Mastroeni, 15-Bobby Convey; 14-Chris Armas, 5-Kerry Zavagnin, 10-Landon Donovan, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 16-Josh Wolff (20-Taylor Twellman, 66), 11-Conor Casey (9-Jovan Kirovski, 84)

Subs not used: 22-Kevin Hartman, 4- Chris Albright, 6-Ritchie Kotschau, 8-Richard Mulrooney, 13-Pat Noonan

MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez, 5-Duilio Davino, 14-Francisco Rodriguez, 20-Ricardo Osorio; 2-Diego Martinez, 8-Pavel Pardo (19-Israel Lopez, 46), 23-Luis Perez, 7-Octavio Valdez (11-Emilio Mora, 67), 21-Hector Altamirano (6-Mario Perez, 61); 9-Jared Borguetti (3-Omar Briceno, 80), 10-Omar Bravo

Subs not used: 12-Moises Munoz, 15-Jesus Mendoza, 18-Salvador Carmona

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (CAN)

Cards: Conor Casey [Y 25′], Bobby Convey [Y 36], Frankie Hejduk [Y 71] — Pavel Pardo [Y 31], Luis Perez [Y 30′], Omar Briceno [Y 92′]

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