We head into a tough qualifier at Jamaica with 6 changes (2 each in the back, mid-field and up front) from the pathetic side we fielded against El Salvador. Dempsey is still not 100%, so he will start on the bench and Zusi is a bit tired from MLS pay, so Donovan will likely come on at halftime. Jamaica is capable of putting up numbers and thus far they have lost to Mexico 3-4 and beaten Honduras 3-1 and Costa Rica 1-0. We will be in out standard 4-1-3-2, but will start with a balanced mentality and look to counter.
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| 6/4/2013 | WC Qualifer: USA (3rd) 1-1-1 @ Jamaica (2nd) 2-0-1 | |
| Record vs Opponent 0-0-0 | Att: 35,000 | Favorite: USA | |
| GK - Howard | Mid - Jones ©, Bradley, Zusi, Bedoya | |
| Def - Johnson, Gonzalez, Brooks, Chandler | ST - Altidore, Joannsson | |
| Summary | MOM - Jozy Altidore USA (8.3) | |
| 9 - A wild sequence in front of the goal off a jamaica corner, Brooks finally clears | |
| 20 - Altidore draws the defense in, lobs to a streaking Bedoya who buries it from 20!! 1-0 | |
| 25 - Jamaica's Woodbine gets the yellow | |
| 31 - Short corner played to McAnuff who fires, Howards gets a hand on it, but it trickles in 1-1 | |
| 34 - Bedoya plays a great through ball to Johannsson, who scores, but the flag is up!!! | |
| 43 - Ogunbiyi is shown the yellow for Jamaica | |
| 68 - Landon Donovan comes on at MC for Zusi | |
| 68 - Bradley across to Chandler, Joannsson breaks in, latches onto the pass and scores! 2-1 | |
| 86 - Bradley slips back to the DM slot and Holden comes on for Jones, moving to the ML spot | |
| 90+4 - The Dagger as Altidore and Johannsson play the one-two with Jozy netting it! 3-1 | |
| Final | USA - 3 | Jamica - 1 | USA scoring | |
| Shots | 21 | 6 | | Bedoya (1) | |
| Target | 9 | 4 | | Johannsson (1) | |
| Poss | 43% | 57% | | Altidore (1) | |
| Booked | 0 | 2 | | | |
| What a difference clean midfield play makes.Altidore gets MoM with a goal and an assist, but Johannsson truly created havoc making runs past Jamaica's back line multiple times and failing to finish on two clear cut chances off these run, in addition to the dissallowed goal.This might be our best pairing on the attack.All six of our goals have been scored by different players | |
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A wild day in group play as El Salvador holds Mexico to a 0-0 draw and Costa Rica bests Honduras 2-0. We are now in second place in the group, 3 points shy of Mexico.