On this day in 2006, McBride's last international goal

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-0 🇱🇻 Latvia

‪📍 ‬East Hartford

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬Friendly

Brian McBride scored his 30th international goal, which proved to be his last, retiring after the World Cup.

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McBride skies to nod home Steve Cherundolo's cross.

Scorer: Brian McBride (Steve Cherundolo) 43′

USA: 18-Kasey Keller; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 23-Eddie Pope, 13-Jimmy Conrad, 7-Eddie Lewis; 4-Pablo Mastroeni (24-Michael Bradley, 83′), 17-DaMarcus Beasley, 5-John O’Brien (15-Bobby Convey, 66′), 21-Landon Donovan (Capt.); 20-Brian McBride, 9-Eddie Johnson (11-Brian Ching, 83′)

Subs not used: 1-Tim Howard, 2- Chris Albright, 12-Gregg Berhalter, 14-Ben Olsen, 16-Josh Wolff, 19-Marcus Hahnemann, 22-Oguchi Onyewu

Head Coach: Bruce Arena

LVA: 1- Aleksandrs Kolinko; 4-Dzintars Zirnis, 14-Maris Smirnovs, 17-Oskars Klava, 6-Deniss Ivanovs; 3-Vitalijs Astafjevs, 5-Juris Laizans (13-Aleksejs Visnakovs, 70′), 10-Andrejs Rubins (19-Gatis Kalninš, 83′), 15-Genadijs Solonicins (8-Viktors Morozs, 46′); 9-Maris Verpakovskis, 11-Andrejs Prohorenkovs (20-Girts Karlsons, 46′)

Subs not used: 2-Arturs Zakreševskis, 7-Aleksandrs Isakovs, 12-Andrejs Piedels, 18-Kristaps Blanks

Head Coach: Juris Andrejevs

Referee: Steven Dipiero (CAN)

Cards: Genadijs Solonicins [Y 10′], Andrejs Prohorenkovs [Y 29′], Juris Laizans [Y 57′]

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On this day in 1994, Klopas scores fifth in seven

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-1 🇬🇷 Greece

‪📍 ‬New Haven

‪👔 ‬Friendly

‪📋‬ Milutinović

Frank Klopas stays hot leading into the World Cup with his fifth goal in seven-straight starts.

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Right before the break, he converts this Paul Caligiuri cross.

Scorers: Frank Klopas 45′ — Minas Hatzidis 49′

USA: Brad Friedel, Mike Burns, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Paul Caligiuri, Thomas Dooley, Mike Sorber, Claudio Reyna (Roy Wegerle 78′), Tab Ramos, Frank Klopas (Ernie Stewart 48′), Hugo Pérez (Eric Wynalda 46′)

GRE: Ilias Atmatzidis, Stelios Manolas, Yiannis Kalitzakis, Panayotis Tsalouhidis, Tasos Mitropoulos (Spiros Maragos 46′), Nikos Tsiantakis (Vaios Karagianis 63′), Nikos Nioplias, Dimitris Saravakos (Alexandros Alexoudis 78′), Nikos Machlas, Stratos Apostolakis (Minas Hatzidis 46′), Thanassis Kolitsidakis

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On this day in 2005, Dempsey's first international goal

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

‪📍 ‬Chicago

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬Friendly

Clint Dempsey opens his account for the national team — the first of his joint-best 57 goals.

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Duece is on hand to head in the Carlos Bocanegra rebound.

Scorers: Clint Dempsey (Carlos Bocanegra) 79′ — Kieran Richardson (unassisted) 4′, (Joe Cole) 44′

USA: 18-Kasey Keller (Capt.); 2-Steve Cherundolo, 23-Eddie Pope (4-Carlos Bocanegra, 73′), 12-Cory Gibbs, 21-Greg Vanney; 14-Steve Ralston (15-Bobby Convey, 73′), 2 5-Kerry Zavagnin, 2-Clint Dempsey (19-Clyde Simms, 91+’); 10-Landon Donovan; 16-Josh Wolff, 20-Brian McBride (11-Conor Casey, 81′)

Subs not used: 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 3-Gregg Berhalter, 8-Jonathan Spector

ENG: 1-David James; 2-Glen Johnson, 5-Wes Brown, 6-Sol Campbell (Capt.) (15-Zat Knight, 46′), 3-Ashley Cole (16-Jermain Defoe, 63′); 7-Jermaine Jenas, 4-Michael Carrick, 11-Joe Cole, 8-Kieran Richardson (14-Phil Neville, 59′); 9-Alan Smith, 10-Andy Johnson (12-Luke Young, 76′)

Subs not used: 13-Robert Green, 16-Jermain Defoe, 17-Peter Crouch, 22-Scott Carson

Referee: Benito Archundia (MEX)

Cards: Eddie Pope [Y 31′] — Ashley Cole [Y 35′]

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On this day in 2016, Pulisic's first internatioal goal

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 4-0 🇧🇴 Bolivia

‪📍 ‬Kansas City

‪👔 ‬Klinsmann

‪📋 ‬Friendly

This was the last match before Copa América Centenario and the US was flying high off three-straight victories.

26'
Gyasi Zardes scores first after off an Alejandro Bedoya pass.

37'
John Brooks nabs another first-half goal on this quick and lethal set-piece. Michael Bradley plays the pass to the on-running Bedoya, who exposed the gap left open because of the expected initial cross.

Bedoya just plays it into the middle of the box with the Bolivians frozen.

52'
Zardes scores his second after Bobby Wood takes down this lovely Michael Bradley pass. Wood's cross finds Zardes, who started the move.

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In just his third appearance for the national team, Christian Pulisic gets his first international goal. He runs away from Darlington Nagbe to create the passing lane for the free shot at the goal.

Scorers: Gyasi Zardes (Alejandro Bedoya) 26′, John Brooks (Alejandro Bedoya) 37′, Gyasi Zardes (Bobby Wood) 52′, Christian Pulisic (Darlington Nagbe) 69′

USA: 1-Brad Guzan, 14-Michael Orozco (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 46′), 20-Geoff Cameron, 6-John Brooks, 5-Matt Besler (23-Fabian Johnson, 46′), 11-Alejandro Bedoya (10-Darlington Nagbe, 63′), 4-Michael Bradley (Capt.) (19-Graham Zusi, 73′), 13-Jermaine Jones, 9-Gyasi Zardes (17-Christian Pulisic, 63′), 8-Clint Dempsey (18-Chris Wondolowski, 72′), 7-Bobby Wood

Subs not used: 12-Tim Howard, 22-William Yarbrough, 3-Steve Birnbaum, 15-Kyle Beckerman, 16-Perry Kitchen

Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

BOL: 23-Guillermo Viscarra, 4-Diego Bejarano, 21-Ronald Eguino, 5-Nelson Cabrera, 3-Luis Gutiérrez (17-Marvin Bejarano, 68′), 13-Alejandro Meleán (18-Rodrigo Ramallo, 54′), 8-Martín Smedberg-Dalence (22-Edward Zenteno, 74′), 20-Fernando Saucedo (15-Pedro Azogue, 46′), 10-Jhasmani Campos (11-Bruno Miranda, 46′), 9-Yasmani Duk (Capt.); 19-Carmelo Algarañaz (14-Raúl Castro, 46′)

Subs not used: 1-Carlos Lampe, 12-Rómel Quiñónez, 2-Mario Saavedra, 6-Wálter Veizaga, 7-Juan Carlos Arce, 16-Cristhian Machado

Head coach: Julio César Baldivieso

Referee: Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)

Cards: Jhasmani Campos ([Y 30′], Yasmani Duk [ Y 76′]

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On this day in 2018, match of firsts for young Americans in victory

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 3-0 🇧🇴 Bolivia

‪📍 ‬Chester

‪👔 ‬Sarachan

‪📋 ‬Friendly

The young Yanks open some eyes in this friendly win.

37'
Walker Zimmerman skies for this Joe Corona corner and heads home his first international goal.

52'

Josh Sargent doubles the lead with this individual press and a goalkeeper mistake. After Guillermo Vizcarra coughs it up with a poor pass out of the back, Sargent collects himself and finds the five-hole for his first international goal on his first cap.

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Tim Weah makes a quick third with his first international goal by finishing off this Antonee Robinson cross.

Scorers: Walker Zimmerman (Joe Corona) 37′, Josh Sargent 52′, Tim Weah (Antonee Robinson) 59′


USA: 22-Alex Bono; 4-Walker Zimmerman, 6-Weston McKennie, 8-Joe Corona (25-Keaton Parks, 62′), 10-Christian Pulisic (19-Jorge Villafaña, 89′), 11-Tim Weah (16-Julian Green, 61′), 13-Josh Sargent (9-Andrija Novakovich, 61′), 14-Erik Palmer-Brown, 15-Eric Lichaj (Capt.) (2-Matt Olosunde, 74′), 17-Antonee Robinson, 23-Rubio Rubin (20-Lyden Gooch, 73′)


Subs not used: 1-Bill Hamid, 3-Matt Miazga, 5-Cameron Carter-Vickers


Head coach: Dave Sarachan


BOL: 23-Guillermo Vizcarra (1-Carlos Lampe, 46′); 2-Carlos Añez, 3-Oscar Baldomar (22-Jose Sagredo, 32′), 4-Luis Haquin, 6-Danny Bejarano. (8-Leandro Maygua, 79′), 7-Luis Ali, 10-Fernando Saucedo, 16-Ronald Raldes (Capt.), 17-Alexis Ribera (13-Rodrigo Rodriguez, 79′), 18-Rodrigo Vargas (11-Bruno Miranda, 63′), 20-Hector Ronaldo Sanchez (9-Leonardo Vaca, 66′)


Subs not used: 5-Gustavo Olguin, 11-Bruno Miranda, 12-Jaime Cornejo, 14-Edson Perez, 15-Jose Vargas, 16-Julian Green, 19-Wilfredo Soleto, 21-Miguel Quiroga, 24-Rodrigo Borda, 25-Sergio Moruno


Head coach: César Farías


Referee: Oshane Nation (JAM)


Cards: Joe Corona [Y 57′], Weston McKennie [Y 65′] — Fernando Salcedo [Y 49′]


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