On this day in 1985, US starts World Cup qualifying with a win

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇹🇹 T&T

‪📍 ‬St. Louis

‪👔 ‬Panagoulias

‪📋 ‬World Cup Q

The Yanks open qualifying on the right foot with a victory in its first match of Group 3 play.

29'
Trailing 1-0, Perry van der Beck hit the ball toward Hugo Perez. After the header, Perez hits a cross that is thumped home by Chico Borja.

88'
Erhardt Kapp floats a left-footed cross to the back post and Mark Peterson catches it right. Goalkeeper Michael Maurice almost kept it out but he didn't and the USMNT came away with the win.

Scorers: Mark Peterson 88′, Chico Borja 29′— Andrian Fonrose 18′

USA: David Brcic, Perry van der Beck, Dan Canter, Jeff Durgan (Paul Caligiuri 46′), Erhardt Kapp, Charlie Fajkus (Michael Fox 66′), Angelo di Bernardo, Rick Davis, Chico Borja, Mark Peterson, Hugo Pérez

TRI: Michael Maurice, Garnet Craig, Julien Garcia, Francis Furlonce, Bertram O’Brien, Clayton Morris, Winston Phillips, Andrian Fonrose, Wendell Moore, Kelvin Jones (Andy Pope 89′), Nevick de Noon (Curtis Murrell 61′)

Cards: Julien Garcia [Y 60′]

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One Cap Hero Series: Sal Zizzo

#OneCapHero Sal Zizzo 🇺🇸

Born on Apr 3, 1987, the winger signed with Hannover 96 in 2007 before moving to the MLS in 2010. He currently plays with San Diego Loyal.

He represented the U.S. at the U18 and U20 levels and made his only USMNT cap when he replaced DaMarcus Beasley in the 76' in a 1-0 loss to 🇸🇪 on Aug 22, 2007.

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On this day in 1994, Klopas keeps scoring

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-0 🇦🇲 Armenia

‪📍 ‬Fullerton

‪👔 ‬Milutinovic

‪📋 ‬Friendly

Frank Klopas keeps making a case for a starting job at the World Cup with his fourth goal in five matches.

64'
The forward does all the work before finding the post and the back of the net.

Scorer: Frank Klopas 64′

USA: Tony Meola, Mike Burns, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Paul Caligiuri, Thomas Dooley (Mike Sorber 83′), Dominic Kinnear (Chris Henderson 87′), Claudio Reyna, Cobi Jones (Joe-Max Moore 74′), Frank Klopas, Hugo Pérez

ARM: Armen Petrossian, Tigran Gspeian, Aramais Tonoian, Sarkis Hovsepian, Vardanian, Sukiason, Avetisian, Rasmik Grigorian, Andranik Hovsepian (Hakop Ter Petrosian 75′), G Mkhitarian, Shakhgeldian (Arthur Petrosian 71′)

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