One Cap Hero Series: Sean Franklin

#OneCapHero Sean Franklin 🇺🇸

Born in Panorama City, CA, the defender was drafted by LA Galaxy in 2008. He played 11 seasons in the MLS, retiring with Vancouver Whitecaps in 2018.

His one cap came in a 1-1 draw with 🇨🇱 on Jan 22, 2011. He played the full 90' at left-back.

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On this day in 2010, second-half turnaround in tune-up friendly

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇹🇷 Turkey

‪📍 ‬Philadelphia

‪👔 ‬Bradley

‪📋 ‬Friendly

In the final match before traveling to South Africa for the World Cup, the Yanks made the come-back.

58'
Robbie Findley's over-the-top pass was taken in stride by Landon Donovan and Jozy Altidore converts the chance.

75'
Clint Dempsey took the pass from Donovan off his hip into a scoring chance in the box. Dempsey slips it under Volkak Demiral.

Scorers: Jozy Altidore (Landon Donovan) 58′, Clint Dempsey (Landon Donovan) 75′ — Arda Turan (Colin Kazim-Richards) 27′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Jonathan Spector (6-Steve Cherundolo, 46′), 15-Jay Demerit, 21-Clarence Goodson (5-Oguchi Onyewu, 46′), 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.) (12-Jonathan Bornstein, 75′); 10-Landon Donovan, 4-Michael Bradley, 13-Ricardo Clark (26-José Torres, 46′), 16-Benny Feilhaber (27-Robbie Findley, 46′); 8-Clint Dempsey, 17-Jozy Altidore (22-Stuart Holden, 81′)

Subs not used: 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 18-Brad Guzan, 19-Maurice Edu, 23-Marcus Hahnemann, 29-Edson Buddle, 30-Herculez Gomez

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

TUR: 1-Volkan Demirel; 2-Servet Cetin, 4-Gokhan Zan, 13-Caglar Birinci, 5-Emre Belozoglu (Capt.), 6-Hamit Altintop (9-Semih Senturk, 73′), 14-Arda Turan (28-Ozan Ipek, 90′), 17-Selcuk Inan (15-Mehmet Topal, 52′) 25-Sabri Sarioglu, 10-Tuncay Sanli (8-Nihat Kahvechi, 77′), 18-Colin Kazim-Richards (16-Sercan Yildirim, 59′)

Subs not used: 12-Onur Recep Kivrak, 19-Ibrahim Toraman, 20-Nuri Sahin, 21-Halil Altintop, 24-Emre Gungor, 31-Ismail Koybasi

Head Coach: Guus Hiddink

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

Cards: Ricardo Clark [Y 42′] — Mehmet Topal [Y 56′], Gokhan Zan [Y 90+2]

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