Player Profile: Bobby Convey

Born on May 27, 1983, in Philadelphia, PA, the winger was drafted by DC United in 2000 before moving to Reading four years later. He returned to the MLS in 2009 for the last part of his career, retiring in 2014.

He made 46 USMNT appearances, scoring once. That goal came on the third-place match of the Gold Cup and it proved to be the winner in a 3-2 victory over 🇨🇷 on July 26, 2003.

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On this day in 1934, loss for the US in only match of the World Cup

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-7 🇮🇹 Italy

‪📍 ‬Rome

‪👔 ‬Gould

‪📋 ‬World Cup R16

With no group stage in this World Cup, the US sees the dream end with this rough loss to Italy.

Scorers: Angelo Schiavio 18′, 29′, 64′, Raymundo Orsi 20′, 69′, Giovanni Ferrari 63′, Giuseppe Meazza 90′ — Aldo Donelli 57′

ITA: Giampiero Combi, Virginio Rosetta, Luigi Allemandi, Mario Pizziolo, Luis Monti, Luigi Bertolini, Anfilogino Guarisi, Giuseppe Meazza, Angelo Schiavio, Giovanni Ferrari, Raymundo Orsi

USA: Julius Hjulian, Ed Czerkiewicz, George Moorhouse, Peter Pietras, Billy Gonsalves, Tom Florie, Francis Ryan, Werner Nilsen, Aldo Donelli, Walter Dick, Bill McLean

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On this day in 2014, only win over Azerbaijan

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-0 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

‪📍 ‬San Francisco

‪👔 ‬Klinsmann

‪📋 ‬Friendly

The first of three send-off matches ends in victory with two goals in the final 15 minutes.

75'
After a scramble in the box, Mix Diskerud pounces on a rebound off a Michael Bradley shot.

81'
Aron Johannsson finds himself free in the box on a Brad Davis corner and he heads home from six yards.

Scorers: Mix Diskerud (unassisted) 75′, Aron Johannsson (Brad Davis) 81′

USA: 1-Tim Howard (Capt.); 23-Fabian Johnson (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 62′), 20-Geoff Cameron (3-Omar Gonzalez, 46′), 5-Matt Besler, 7-DaMarcus Beasley (21-Timmy Chandler, 46′); 19-Graham Zusi (14-Brad Davis, 46′), 13-Jermaine Jones, 4-Michael Bradley, 11-Alejandro Bedoya (10-Mix Diskerud, 71′); 17-Jozy Altidore, 18-Chris Wondolowski (9-Aron Johannsson, 62′)

Subs not used: 6-John Brooks, 8-Clint Dempsey, 12-Brad Guzan, 15-Kyle Beckerman, 16-Julian Green, 22-Nick Rimando

Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

AZE: 1-Kamran Aghayev, 3-Rasim Ramaldanov, 4-Mahir Shukurov (Capt.) (25-Ilkin Girtimov, 46′), 7-Vagif Javadov (13-Dmitrij Nazarov, 60′), 8-Gara Garayev, 10-Rufat Dadashov (28-Pardis Fardjad-Azad, 66′), 11-Rauf Aliyev, 15-Ruslan Abishov (2-Badavi Guseynov, 46′), 20-Ufuk Budak, 24-Abdulla Abasiyev (18-Maksim Medvedev, 71′), 29-Elvin Yunuszade

Subs not used: 5-Shahriyar Aliyev, 9-Jihan Ozkara, 12-Emil Balayev, 14-Rashad Sadigov, 23-Salahat Aghayev

Head Coach: Berti Vogts

Referee: Henry Bejarano (CRC)

Cards: none

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