On this day in 1991, Wynalda's chip leads to a draw with the Irish

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-1 🇮🇪 Ireland

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Eric Wynalda's sixth career goal helps earn a draw.

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Trailing 1-0, Wynalda makes the Irish pay for the mistake at the back with this floated finish.

Scorers: Eric Wynalda 68′ — Tony Cascarino 55'

USA: Tony Meola, Jeff Agoos, Marcelo Balboa, Steve Trittschuh, Bruce Savage, Janusz Michallik, Brian Quinn (Troy Snyder 86′), Chris Henderson, Bruce Murray, Peter Vermes (Hugo Pérez 57′), Eric Wynalda

IRL: Pat Bonner, Denis Irwin, Steve Staunton, Mick McCarthy, Kevin Moran, Andy Townsend, Paul McGrath, Ray Houghton (John Sheridan 72′), Tony Cascarino, David Kelly, Kevin Sheedy

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Player Profile: Alexi Lalas

Born on June 1, 1970, in Birmingham, MI, the defender played in 🇮🇹 after the 1994 World Cup and before the 1996 MLS Draft. He would play the next seven seasons in the MLS before retiring in 2003.

He made 96 USMNT caps, scoring nine goals — third-most among US defenders. His biggest was the second in a 3-0 win over 🇦🇷 in the Copa America on July 14, 1995.

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On this day in 2014, F Johnson's first goal in tune-up win

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇹🇷 Turkey

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The second-straight victory in the tune-up to the World Cup.

26'
Fabian Johnson scores his first international goal after this give-go with Michael Bradley.

 52'
Clint Dempsey is the quickest to pounce on this F Johnson cross that fell to him in the box.

Scorers: Fabian Johnson (Michael Bradley) 26′, Clint Dempsey (unassisted) 52′ — Selcuk Inan (PK) 90′

USA: 1-Tim Howard (12-Brad Guzan, 46′); 23-Fabian Johnson (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 64′), 20-Geoff Cameron, 5-Matt Besler (6-John Brooks, 46′), 21-Timmy Chandler; 19-Graham Zusi (10-Mix Diskerud, 69′), 13-Jermaine Jones (15-Kyle Beckerman, 46′), 4-Michael Bradley, 14-Brad Davis (16-Julian Green, 64′); 17-Jozy Altidore, 8-Clint Dempsey (Capt.)

Subs not used: 3-Omar Gonzalez, 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 9-Aron Johannsson, 11-Alejandro Bedoya, 18-Chris Wondolowski, 22-Nick Rimando

Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

TUR: 12-Onur Recep Kivrak; 2-Hakan Kadir Balta (4-Ugur Demirok, 83′), 24-Osman Tarik Camdal (17-Mustafa Pektemek, 46′), 3-Ishak Dogan (26-Ahmet Ilhan Ozek, 46′), 7-Gokhan Gonul, 8-Selcuk Inan, 9-Mevlut Erdinc (19-Bilal Kisa, 80′), 10-Nuri Sahin (Capt.) (5-Hakan Calhanoglu, 70′), 15-Oguzhan Ozyakup (20-Olcan Adin, 67′), 16-Ozan Tufan, 18-Caner Erkin

Subs not used: 1-Tolga Zengin, 11-Olcay Sahan, 13-Adem Buyuk, 21-Omer Toprak, 22-Aydin Karabulut, 23-Volkan Babacan, 25-Turgut Dogun Sahin

Head Coach: Fatih Terim

Referee: Slim Jedidi (TUN)

Cards: none

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Player Profile: Tony Sanneh

Born on June 1, 1971, in St. Paul, MN, the defender started his pro career in 1994 in various leagues in 🇺🇸. He enjoyed a stint in 🇩🇪 before returning to the MLS, retiring in 2009.

He made 43 USMNT caps, scoring three goals. His first came in a 3-0 win over 🇩🇪 on Feb 6, 1999.

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