On this day in 1989, key qualifying win at home

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇬🇹 Guatemala

‪📍 ‬New Britain

‪👔 ‬Gansler

‪📋 ‬World Cup Q

Nearing the midway stage, the US needed a second-half goal to snag both points.

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John Harkes makes an inch of space in the corner to float in the cross. Bruce Murray catches it on the volley for the early lead.

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Tab Ramos floats in the corner kick. Steve Trittschuh beats goalkeeper Edgar Ricardo Jerez Hidalgo to the ball and Eric Eichmann helped it over the line to score the winner.

Scorers: Bruce Murray 2′, Eric Eichmann 68′ — Raúl Chacon Estrada 22′

USA: David Vanole, Steve Trittschuh, Mike Windischmann, Jimmy Banks, John Stollmeyer, Brian Bliss (John Doyle 85′), John Harkes, Tab Ramos, Philip Gyau (Paul Caligiuri 46′), Bruce Murray, Eric Eichmann

GUA: Edgar Ricardo Jerez Hidalgo, Juan Manuel Davila López, Rocael Mazariegos, Víctor Monzon, Alejandro Ortíz, Marvin Ceballos Arana, Felix McDonald, Juan Manuel Funes, Julio Rodas Hurtarte, Raúl Chacon Estrada, Byron Romeo Perez Solorzano

Cards: Eric Eichmann [70′] – Víctor Monzon [Y 7′], Raúl Chacon Estrada [Y 48′], Juan Manuel Funes [R 86′]

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On this day in 1997, latest win over Israel

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-1 🇮🇱 Israel

‪📍 ‬Jacksonville

‪👔 ‬Sampson

‪📋 ‬Friendly

In the last match against the Middle Eastern country, the US secured a win before a qualifier in a little under two weeks.

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Alexi Lalas scores his ninth and final international goal.

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Jovan Kirovski starts the move before finding Eddie Pope wide. Pope hits a cross through the box and Eric Wynalda's shot was blocked. Kirovski pounces to double the lead.

Scorers: Alexi Lalas 26′, Jovan Kirovski 68′ — Moshe Glam 83′

USA: Brad Friedel (Jurgen Sommer 63′), Mike Burns, Eddie Pope, Alexi Lalas, Jeff Agoos (Ted Chronopoulos 71′), John Harkes, Cobi Jones (Michael Mason 71′), Mike Sorber, Chad Deering (Jovan Kirovski 46′), David Wagner (Roy Lassiter 60′), Eric Wynalda

ISR: Rafi Cohen (Itzik Korenfein 65′), Alon Harazi, Arik Benado, Amir Shelah, David Amsalem, Alon Hazan (Avishai Jano 72′), Ran Ben-Shimon, Tal Banin, Asi Domb (Moshe Glam 46′), Itzik Zohar (Hezi Shirazi 78′), Alon Mizrahi

Cards: Jovan Kirovski [Y 50′] – David Amsalem [Y 27′], Tal Banin [Y 30′], Itzik Zohar [Y 49′], Alon Harazi [R 58′], Amir Shelah [R 90′]

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On this day in 2002, World Cup Dos a Cero

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 2-0 🇲🇽 #ElTri

‪📍 ‬Jeonju

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬World Cup R16

The biggest win over our biggest rivals on the biggest stage. With this win, the US move on to its first World Cup Quarterfinal.

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Claudio Reyna's run to Josh Wolff for the setup for Brian McBride.

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Landon Donovan basically sealed the spot in the quarterfinal with this header. John O'Brien played it deep to Eddie Lewis, who drove down the left. His cross found Donovan for the header.

Scorers: Brian McBride (Josh Wolff) 8′, Landon Donovan (Eddie Lewis) 65′

USA: 1-Brad Friedel; 3-Gregg Berhalter, 23-Eddie Pope, 22-Tony Sanneh; 4-Pablo Mastroeni (16-Carlos Llamosa, 92+’), 7-Eddie Lewis, 10-Claudio Reyna (Capt.), 5-John O’Brien, 21-Landon Donovan; 20-Brian McBride (13-Cobi Jones, 79′), 15-Josh Wolff (8-Earnie Stewart, 59′)

Subs Not Used: 6-David Regis, 9-Joe-Max Moore, 11-Clint Mathis, 14-Steve Cherundolo, 17-DaMarcus Beasley, 18-Kasey Keller, 19-Tony Meola

MEX: 1-Oscar Perez; 16-Salvador Carmona, 4-Rafael Marquez (Capt.), 5-Manuel Vidrio (13-Sigifredo Mercado, 46′); 7-Ramon Morales (15-Luis Hernandez, 28′), 11-Braulio Luna, 18-Joahan Rodriguez, 6-Gerardo Torrado (8-Alberto Garcia Aspe, 78′), 21-Jesus Arellano; 10-Cuauhtemoc Blanco, 9-Jared Borgetti.

Subs Not Used: 2-Francisco Gabriel de Anda, 3-Rafael Garcia, 12-Oswaldo Sanchez, 14-German Villa, 17-Francisco Palencia, 19-Gabriel Caballero, 22-Alberto Rodriguez, 23-Jorge Campos.

Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira (POR)

Cards: Eddie Pope [Y 26′], Pablo Mastroeni [Y 47′], Josh Wolff [Y 50′], Gregg Berhatler [Y 53′], Brad Friedel [Y 83′] — Manuel Vidrio [Y 37′], Luis Hernandez [Y 67′], Cuauhtemoc Blanco [Y 70′], Alberto Garcia Aspe [Y 81′], Salvador Carmona [Y 84′], Rafael Marquez [R 88′]

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Player Profile: Nick Rimando

Born on June 17, 1979, in Montclair, CA, the goalkeeper started his career with the Miami Fusion before moving to DC United in 2002. He moved to Real Salt Lake in 2006, where he would spend the rest of his career, retiring in 2019.

He made 22 caps for the USMNT. He has earned 10 wins (sixth in team history) and five clean sheets. Here is a save to preserve one of these wins and clean sheets in the 1-0 victory over 🇨🇿 on Sept 3, 2014.

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On this day in 2006, a draw with Italy

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 1-1 🇮🇹 Italy

‪📍 ‬Kaiserslautern

‪👔 ‬Arena

‪📋 ‬World Cup GS

Draw with the eventual champions keeps the dream of the Round of 16 alive.

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Alberto Giardino scores on this header from a Andreas Pirlo set-piece.

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The US didn't trail for long as Bobby Convey's set-piece is turned into his own net by Christian Zaccardo. This was the only goal conceded by 🇮🇹 until the Zinedine Zidane penalty in the final.

Scorers: Christian Zaccardo (Own Goal) 27′ — Alberto Giardino (Andrea Pirlo) 22′

USA: 18-Kasey Keller; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 23-Eddie Pope, 22-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra; 4-Pablo Mastroeni, 8-Clint Dempsey (17-DaMarcus Beasley, 62), 10-Claudio Reyna (Capt), 15-Bobby Convey (13-Jimmy Conrad, 52), 21-Landon Donovan; 20-Brian McBride

Subs not used: 1-Tim Howard, 19-Marcus Hahnemann, 2-Chris Albright, 5-John O’Brien, 7-Eddie Lewis, 9-Eddie Johnson, 11-Brian Ching, 12-Gregg Berhalter, 14-Ben Olsen, 16-Josh Wolff

Head Coach: Bruce Arena

ITA: 1-Gianluigi Buffon; 2-Cristian Zaccardo (7-Alessandro del Piero, 54), 5-Fabio Cannavaro (Capt), 13-Alessandro Nesta, 19-Gianluca Zambrotto; 4-Daniele de Rossi, 20-Simone Perrotta, 21-Andrea Pirlo, 10-Francesco Totti (8-Gennaro Gattuso, 35); 11-Alberto Gilardino, 9-Luca Toni (15-Vincenzo Iaquinta, 61),

Subs not used: 12-Angelo Peruzzi, 14-Marco Amelia, 3-Fabio Grosso, 6-Andrea Barzagli, 16-Mauro Camoranesi, 17-Simone Barone, 18-Filippo Inzaghi, 22-Massimo Oddo, 23-Marco Materazzi

Head Coach: Marcello Lippi

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (URU)

Cards: Eddie Pope [Y 21′, 47′], Pablo Mastroneni [R 45′] — Francesco Totti [Y 5′], Daniele De Rossi [R 28′], Gianluca Zambrotto [Y 70′]

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