On this day in 2003, Kirovski's final goal

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇳🇿 New Zealand

‪📍 ‬Richmond

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬Friendly

The final friendly before the Confederations Cup ended in victory with Jovan Kirovski's final US goal being the winner.

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Chris Klein finishes from a tight angle after a Eddie Lewis through pass.

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Eddie Lewis earns the assists with this little pass into space before Kirovski does the rest. He drives right and floats this shot/cross to the back post and over Michael Utting for his ninth career international goal.

Scorers: Chris Klein (Eddie Lewis) 20′, Jovan Kirovski (Eddie Lewis) 65′ — Vaughan Coveny (Ivan Vicevich) 23′

USA: 19-Marcus Hahnemann (1-Joe Cannon, 46′); 5-Greg Vanney, 12-Carlos Bocanegra (24-Cory Gibbs, 63′), 3-Gregg Berhalter, 6-Steve Cherundolo; 14-Chris Armas, 7-Eddie Lewis, 22-Chris Klein (15-Bobby Convey, 76′), 8-Earnie Stewart (Capt.) (13-Kyle Martino, 67′); 20-Taylor Twellman (17-DaMarcus Beasley, 88′), 9-Jovan Kirovski

Subs not used: 10-Claudio Reyna

NZL: 19-Michael Utting; 2-Duncan Oughton, 4-Chris Zoricich (Capt.), 7-Ivan Vicelich, 14-Ryan Nelsen (5-Danny Hay, 75′); 12-Simon Elliott (17-Raf de Gregorio, 85′), 20-Gerard Davis (3-David Mulligan, 80′), 21-Noah Hickey, 9-Mark Burton; 11-Chris Killen (15-Shane Smeltz, 75′), 16-Vaughan Coveny

Subs not used: 1-Jason Batty, 6-Gavin Wilkinson, 13-Chris Bouckenooghe, 22-Michael Wilson, 23-Mark Patson

Referee: Hi Liu (CAN)

Cards: Jovan Kirovski [Y 37′], Taylor Twellman [Y 47′], Eddie Lewis [Y 54′], Steve Cherundolo [Y 72′], Gregg Berhalter [Y 91+’] — Simon Elliott [Y 35′]

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On this day in 2005, second qualifying win in four days

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 3-0 🇵🇦 Panama

‪📍 ‬Panama City

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬World Cup Q

This was the third straight win and fourth out of five in fourth-round qualifying.

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Carlos Bocanegra opens the scoring with this header on a Landon Donovan corner.

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Donovan scores again after scoring twice in the win four days ago. This on a header on a Steve Ralston cross.

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Brian McBride is on hand for the third goal when the ball isn't cleared and falls to him in the box.

Scorers: Carlos Bocanegra (Landon Donovan) 6′, Landon Donovan (Steve Ralston) 20′, Brian McBride (unassisted) 40′

PAN: 1-Donaldo Gonzalez; 5-Felipe Baloy, 2-Amilcar Henriquez (7-Engin Mitre, 75′), 16-Joel Jimenez (13-Joel Solanilla, 39′), 4-Jose Anthony Torres (Capt.); 6-Gabriel Gomez, 10-Julio Medina; 8-Alberto Blanco, 11-Roberto Brown, 9-Jose Garces, 15-Ricardo Phillips (18-Luis Tejada, 39′)

Subs not used: 12-Jaime Penedo, 14-Gustavo Avila, 17-Neftali Diaz, 19-Blas Perez

USA: 18-Kasey Keller; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 23-Eddie Pope (3-Gregg Berhalter, 86′), 4-Carlos Bocanegra, 3-Frankie Hejduk; 14-Steve Ralston, 25-Kerry Zavagnin, 17-Pat Noonan (15-Bobby Convey, 81′); 10-Landon Donovan, 20-Brian McBride (Capt.), 7-DaMarcus Beasley (8-Clint Dempsey, 63′)

Subs not used: 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 11-Conor Casey, 19-Clyde Simms, 16-Josh Wolff

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (CAN)

Cards: Felipe Baloy [Y 51′], Gabriel Gomez [Y 87′] — Eddie Pope [Y 10′], Carlos Bocanegra [Y 26′], Pat Noonan [Y 70′], Frankie Hejduk [Y 84′]

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On this day in 2012, win to open qualifying

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 3-1 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda

‪📍 Tampa

‪👔 ‬Klinsmann

‪📋 World Cup Q

The US started the road to 🇧🇷 with a victory in this third-round match.

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Herculez Gomez jumps the highest for this Michael Bradley corner and after the initial shot was saved, Carlos Bocanegra finished the rebound.

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Clint Dempsey converts from the spot to double the lead before the halftime break.

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Gomez's hard work paid off on this goal as there is a big scramble on his initial shot. The ball eventually pops free for the clean finish.

Scorers: Carlos Bocanegra (unassisted) 8′, Clint Dempsey (PK) 44′, Herculez Gomez (unassisted) 72′ — Peter Byers (Mikele Leigertwood) 65′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 21-Clarence Goodson, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 16-Jose Torres (5-Oguchi Onyewu, 57′); 7-Maurice Edu, 4-Michael Bradley, 13-Jermaine Jones (18-Terrence Boyd, 81′); 10-Landon Donovan, 8-Clint Dempsey, 9-Herculez Gomez (17-Jozy Altidore, 80′)

Subs not used: 2-Michael Parkhurst, 12-Brad Guzan,14-Kyle Beckerman, 20-Geoff Cameron

Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann

ATG: 18-Molvin James; 2-Marvin McCoy, 5-Marc Joseph, 17-George Dublin, 11-Quinton Griffith; 14-Randolph Burton, 8-Mikele Leigertwood, 15-Lawson Robinson, 10-Keiran Murtagh (16-Peter Byers, 62′); 13-Tamarley Thomas (9-Stefan Smith, 83′), 23-Dexter Blackstock

Subs not used: 1-Olson Forde, 3-Joshua Parker, 4-Karanja Mack, 6-Ranja Christian, 7-Kimoi Alexander, 19-Troy Dublin, 20-Akeem Thomas, 21-Keita Decastro, 22-Justin Cochrane

Head coach: Tom Curtis

Referee: Hugo Cruz (CRC)

Cards: Marc Joseph [Y 12′], Quinton Griffith [Y 67′]

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On this day in 2017, Pulisic brace in qualifying

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-0 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago

‪📍 ‬Commerce City

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬World Cup Q

Christian Pulisic continues to carry the scoring load in qualifying, adding a brace in this victory.

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The first was off a low cross from DeAndre Yedlin after Darlington Nagbe controlled the ball in the box.

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Pulisic's second 10 minutes basically secured the victory. Jozy Altidore plays provider here with the ball over the top to the on-running then-19-year-old.

Scorers: Christian Pulisic (DeAndre Yedlin) 52′, (Jozy Altidore) 62′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 20-Geoff Cameron, 6-John Brooks, 21-Jorge Villafaña; 4-Michael Bradley (Capt.); 23-Fabian Johnson (11-Alejandro Bedoya, 74′), 10-Christian Pulisic, 15-Darlington Nagbe, 8-Clint Dempsey (16-Kellyn Acosta, 61′), 17-Jozy Altidore (9-Bobby Wood, 83′)

Subs not used: 12-Brad Guzan, 22-Nick Rimando, 3-Omar Gonzalez, 5-Tim Ream, 7-DaMarcus Beasley, 13-Dax McCarty, 14-Paul Arriola, 18-Jordan Morris, 19-Graham Zusi

Head coach: Bruce Arena

TRI: 21-Jan-Michael Williams; 11-Akhenaton Edwards, 4-Sheldon Bateau, 17-Mekeil Williams, 5-Daniel Cyrus; 10-Kevin Molino, 19-Kevan George, 8-Khaleem Hyland (23-Leston Paul, 76′), 3-Joevin Jones (12-Shahdon Winchester, 68′); 7-Nathan Lewis, 9-Kenwyne Jones (Capt.) (20-Jamille Boatswain, 82′)

Subs not used: 1-Marvin Phillip, 2-Aubrey David, 6-Radanfah Abu Bakr, 13-Hughton Hector, 14-Andre Boucaud, 15-Curtis Gonzales, 16-Alvin Jones, 18-Hashim Arcia, 22-Adrian Foncette

Head coach: Dennis Lawrence

Referee: Oscar Moncada (HON)

Cards: Alejandro Bedoya [Y 85′] — Leston Paul [Y 76′]

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