On this day in 1996, C Jones' long-distance strike is the difference

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

‪📍 ‬New Britain

‪👔 ‬Sampson

‪📋 ‬Friendly

A one-off friendly before the US Cup ends in victory — the first in four tries against 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.
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After conceding four minutes earlier, Eric Wynalda scores the penalty.

72'

Cobi Jones picks this one out. After collecting the pass from John Harkes, Jones lines up his shot from 30 yards and beats Jim Leighton.

Scorers: Gordon Durie 9′ — Eric Wynalda 13′ (PK), Cobi Jones 72′

USA: Jurgen Sommer, Mike Burns, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Jeff Agoos, Cobi Jones, John Harkes, Thomas Dooley (Jovan Kirovski 53′), Claudio Reyna (Brian McBride 82′), Tab Ramos, Eric Wynalda

SCO: Jim Leighton (Nicky Walker 80′), Craig Burley (Stuart McCall 58′), Tom Boyd, Colin Calderwood, Colin Hendry, Derek Whyte, Scot Gemmill (Gary McAllister 46′), Darren Jackson (John Collins 46′), Eoin Jess, Gordon Durie (John Spencer 46′), Scott Booth

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On this day in 2003, Agoos' last cap

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales

‪📍 ‬San Jose

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬Friendly

Jeff Agoos makes his final US cap in this friendly victory. He finished 134 caps — fifth in USMNT history.
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Landon Donovan converts from the spot.

59'
Eddie Lewis doubles the lead with this strike across goal with his left foot. Greg Vanney earned the assist after digging the ball out of the corner and playing the simple pass back to Lewis.

Scorers: Landon Donovan (PK) 41′, Eddie Lewis (Greg Vanney) 59′

USA: 18-Nick Rimando; 4-Greg Vanney, 12-Jeff Agoos (Capt.), 3-C.J. Brown, 16-Ryan Suarez (2-Mike Petke, 78); 22-Richard Mulrooney, 15-Bobby Convey (21-Brian Ching, 75), 7-Eddie Lewis, 8-Earnie Stewart (5-Manny Lagos, 83); 10-Landon Donovan, 9-Jovan Kirovski (11-Alecko Eskandarian, 89)

Subs not used: 1-Joe Cannon, 14-Ben Olsen, 17-Claudio Reyna

WAL: 1-Paul Jones (21-Darren Ward, 46); 3-David Vaughan, 4-Andy Melville (Capt.), 5-Adrian Williams, 2 – Matthew Jones (ejected, 48); 11-Jason Koumas, 6-Mark Pembridge (12-Carl Robinson, 78), 8-Andy Johnson, 10-Simon Davies; 7-John Oster (18-David Pipe, 70), 9-Gareth Taylor (15-Neil Roberts, 57)

Subs not used: 14-Paul Trollope, 16-Christian Roberts, 17-Rhys Day, 19-Matthew Rees

Referee: Benito Archundia Tellez (MEX)

Cards: Ryan Suarez [Y 69′] — Matthew Jones [Y 39′, Y 48′], Mark Pembridge [Y 61′], John Oster [Y 70′]

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On this day in 2006, Bradley earns first cap

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-0 🇻🇪 Venezuela

‪📍 ‬Cleveland

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬Friendly

The Yanks win in the second of three send-off friendlies. 

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Brian Ching redirects a Bobby Convey cross to open the scoring.

69'
Clint Dempsey hits us with the dance from "It's Going Down" after finishing off this Eddie Johnson cross.

89'
Michael Bradley makes his first international appearance by replacing Ben Olsen.

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Scorers: Brian Ching (Bobby Convey) 36′, Clint Dempsey (Eddie Johnson) 69′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Chris Albright, 22-Oguchi Onyewu, 13-Jimmy Conrad (Capt.), 3-Carlos Bocanegra; 8-Clint Dempsey, 14-Ben Olsen (24-Michael Bradley, 89′), 16-Josh Wolff (21-Landon Donovan, 66′), 15-Bobby Convey (17-DaMarcus Beasley, 65′); 11-Brian Ching, 9-Eddie Johnson (7-Eddie Lewis, 83′)

Subs not used: 4-Pablo Mastroeni, 5-John O’Brien, 6-Steve Cherundolo, 10-Claudio Reyna, 18-Kasey Keller, 19-Marcus Hahnemann, 20-Brian McBride, 23-Eddie Pope

Head Coach: Bruce Arena

VEN: 12-Javier Toyo; 4-Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, 6-Alejandro Cichero (19-Gabriel Cichero, 65′), 20-Hector Gonzalez, 17-Jorge Rojas (27-Jonay Hernandez, 70′); 13-Leonel Vielma (16-Edgard Jiminez, 46′), 5-Miguel Mea (15-Pedro Fernandez, 46′), 11-Ricardo Paez, 14-Alejandro Guerra (10-Jesus Gomez, 56′); 7-Jose Torrealba (9-Giancarlo Maldonado, 57′), 18-Juan Arango (Capt.)

Subs not used: 1-Renny Vega, 8-Daniel Arismendi, 23-Gerzon Chacon

Head Coach: Richard Paez

Referee: Mauricio Morales Valle (MEX)

Cards: Ben Olsen [Y 38′], Carlos Bocanegra [Y 45′, 82′], Chris Albright [Y 63′], DaMarcus Beasley [Y 80′] — Ricardo Paez [Y 38], Juan Arango [Y 53′], Alejandro Cichero [Y 56′], Jesus Gomez [Y 58′]

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On this day in 2012, Donovan's third hat-trick

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 5-1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

‪📍 ‬Jacksonville

‪👔 ‬Klinsmann

‪📋 ‬Friendly

The first match in over four months saw the biggest margin of victory for the year.

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Landon Donovan scores the first of third international hat-trick.

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The lead doubles a handful of minutes later with this great strike from Michael Bradley. Donovan finds Jermaine Jones in the middle of the field and he lays the ball into the path of Bradley. He hits it off the bounce and finds the top corner.

This was Bradley's 10th international goal.

60'
Donovan snags his second with this nice combination. A give-go between Jones and Bradley sets up Jones for the cross. He finds Donovan with plenty of room to shoot.

65'
With this goal, Donovan became the first USMNT player to record three hat-tricks in a career. His third came when Bradley played the direct pass into Donovan's path streaking into the box.

70'
Jones caps the night with this header. Jones starts the break with a drive with the ball and a pass to Herculez Gomez, who laid it off to Donovan. Donovan returns the favor with this cross to the open Jones.

Scorers: Landon Donovan (unassisted) 3′ (Jermaine Jones) 60′ (Michael Bradley) 65′, Michael Bradley (Jermaine Jones) 11′, Jermaine Jones (Landon Donovan) 70′ — Geoff Cameron (OG) 15′

USA: 1-Tim Howard (12-Brad Guzan, 71′); 6-Steve Cherundolo, 20-Geoff Cameron, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.) (5-Oguchi Onyewu, 63′), 23-Fabian Johnson (15-Edgar Castillo, 73′); 7-Maurice Edu (14-Kyle Beckerman, 64′), 4-Michael Bradley, 13-Jermaine Jones; 10-Landon Donovan, 18-Terrence Boyd (9-Herculez Gomez, 64′), 16-Jose Torres (11-Joe Corona, 68′)

Subs not used: 19-Chris Wondolowski

Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

SCO: 1-Allan McGregor; 2-Phil Bardsley (14-Russell Martin, 59′), 3-Charlie Mulgrew (17-Lee Wallace, 68′), 4-Andy Webster (15-Christophe Berra, 82′), 5-Gary Caldwell, 6-James McArthur (16-Steven Whittaker, 59′), 7-Matt Phillips, 8-Scott Brown, 9-Kenny Miller, 10-Barry Bannan (18-Don Cowie, 51′), 11-Shaun Maloney (20-Craig Mackail-Smith, 83′)

Subs not used: 12-Craig Gordon, 13-Johnny Russell,19-Craig Bryson, 21-Matt Gilks

Head coach: Craig Levein

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)

Cards: Carlos Bocanegra [Y 28′]

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