The U.S. Men's national team was just a bit luckier all night en route to another 2-0 victory over Mexico at the University Of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, AZ Wednesday night.
The first half was rather ho-hum, with not a lot of action, but the second half was quite lively with many more shots and accurate passes. Jimmy Conrad broke the scoreless deadlock with a header off of a Landon Donovan corner in the 53rd. From that point, Mexico had more of the possession time and offensive chances, but a timely defense led by Conrad and some very fine saves by Tim Howard left the Mexican team shaking heads wondering what they had to do.
Donovan's clinching goal, at the onset of the four minutes of extra time, was a beautiful one on one goal sparked by the ball hitting a referee in the midfield, leading to the quick U.S. counter attack, leaving goalie Oswaldo Sanchez sprawled on the ground.
Okay, so it's just a friendly ( despite the "There Are No Friendlies" fan signs inside the stadium), but still, beating Mexico is still a nice thing to enjoy, the most important step within the grasp of the U.S. team until the next World Cup. Doing it in front of a rabidly pro-Mexican crowd made it even sweeter. Even if Mexico wins the next "friendly" match held in Mexico, the U.S. will still have scoreboard on the win that counts the most: 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan.
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