On this day in 2011, Gold Cup defeat to Mexico

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‪📍 ‬Pasadena

‪👔 ‬Bradley

‪📋 ‬Gold Cup F

Despite in control early with two goals in the opening 25 minutes, 🇲🇽 stormed back to score four, including one unforgettable chip.

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Michael Bradley heads home Freddy Adu's corner.

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Landon Donovan makes it an early two when Clint Dempsey played the ball into his path for the simple finish.

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Giovani dos Santos.

Scorers: Michael Bradley (Freddy Adu) 8′, Landon Donovan (Clint Dempsey) 23′ — Pablo Barrera (Javier Hernández) 29′ (Andrés Guardado) 50′, Andrés Guardado (unassisted) 36′, Giovani dos Santos (unassisted) 76′

USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo (12-Jonathan Bornstein, 11′), 21-Clarence Goodson, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 14-Eric Lichaj; 4-Michael Bradley, 13-Jermaine Jones; 22-Alejandro Bedoya (9-Juan Agudelo, 63′), 20-Freddy Adu (16-Sacha Kljestan, 86′), 8-Clint Dempsey; 10-Landon Donovan

Subs not used: 2-Jonathan Spector, 7-Maurice Edu, 15-Tim Ream, 23-Marcus Hahnemann

Head Coach: Bob Bradley

MEX: 12-Alfredo Talavera; 16-Efraín Juárez, 15-Héctor Moreno, 4-Rafa Márquez (Capt.) (2-Héctor Reynoso, 43′), 3-Carlos Salcido (20-Jorge Torres Nilo, 28′); 6-Gerardo Torrado, 8-Israel Castro, 18-Andrés Guardado, 7-Pablo Barrera (13-Jesus Zavala, 75′), 10-Giovani dos Santos; 14-Javier Hernández

Subs not used: 9-Aldo de Nigris, 11-Angel Reyna, 17-Paul Aguilar, 23-Jonathan Orozco

Head coach: Jose Manuel de la Torre

Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

Cards: Landon Donovan [Y 33′], Clint Dempsey [Y 87′], Jermaine Jones [Y 90+1] — Jorge Torres Nilo [Y 81′]


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On this day in 1998, World Cup ends without a point

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 0-1 Yugoslavia

‪📍 ‬Nantes

‪👔 ‬Sampson

‪📋 ‬World Cup GS

The US would end the World Cup with one goal scored and zero points after this loss to finished 32 out of 32 teams.

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Slobodan Komljenovic scores early and Yugoslavia knew that was enough.

Scorer: Slobodan Komljenovic 4′

YUG: Ivica Kralj, Goran Djorovic, Slobodan Komljenovic, Zeljko Petrovic, Slavisa Jokanovic, Vladimir Jugovic, Dragan Stojkovic (Dejan Savicevic 62′), Sinisa Mihajlovic, Dejan Stankovic (Branko Brnovic 55′), Predrag Mijatovic (Perica Ognjenovic 31′), Savo Milosevic

USA: Brad Friedel, David Regis, Frankie Hedjuk (Eric Wynalda 64′), Thomas Dooley (Marcelo Balboa 82′), Mike Burns, Cobi Jones, Claudio Reyna, Brian Maisonneuve, Joe-Max Moore (Predrag Radosavljevic 58′), Brian McBride, Ernie Stewart

Cards: Dejan Stankovic [Y 41′], Perica Ognjenovic [Y 61′] – Claudio Reyna [Y 13′]

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Player Profile: Charlie Davies

Born on June 25, 1986, in Manchester, NH, the forward played in 🇸🇪, 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇰, with a couple loan spells in the #MLS. He returned to 🇺🇸 in 2014, retiring three years later.

He made 17 USMNT caps, scoring four goals. His biggest came against 🇪🇬 in the final group game in the Confederations Cup on June 21, 2009.

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On this day in 1995, second US Cup lifted

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 0-0 🇨🇴 Colombia

‪📍 ‬Piscataway

‪👔 ‬Sampson

‪📋 ‬US Cup

A draw was all the Yanks needed to capture a second US Cup and a goalline clearance was needed to preserve the point.

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Mike Burns' clearance off the line was the last touch of the match in this draw.

USA: Brad Friedel, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas, Mike Burns, Paul Caligiuri (Brian Bliss 86′), Thomas Dooley (Chris Henderson 66′), Mike Sorber, John Harkes, Eric Wynalda, Claudio Reyna (Jovan Kirovski 64′), Frank Klopas (Cobi Jones 51′)

COL: René Higuita, José Santa, Alex Fernández (Alexis Mendoza 46′), Jorge Bermúdez, Wilmer Cabrera, Leonel Álvarez, Bonner Mosquera (Hermán Gaviria 46′), Carlos Valderrama, Freddy Rincón, Níver Arboleda (Luis Quinonez 73′), John Jairo Gómez (Freddy León 58′)

Cards: John Harkes [Y] — Leonel Álvarez [Y]

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