The United States opened their 2011 schedule in Carson, California on Saturday night with a 1-1 draw against Chile. Esteban Paredes scored the opening goal of the game in the 54th minute and 59th minute substitute Teal Bunbury answered for the USA with a 74th minute equalizer. After a first-half where the teams traded yellow cards and little more, US coach Bob Bradley substituted starting goalkeeper Nick Rimando for Sean Johnson and eventually made four other changes to his squad including subbing Bunbury on in place of Chris Wondolowski. Photo Gallery
“They were just telling us to go in there and try to make an impact," Bunbury said. "I was feeling confident going into the game. They were trying to pressure us and really go forward. I felt like as a team we did really well to attack and take advantage of what they were giving us. I knew that I wanted to make a difference. I wanted to make an impact. I feel like everyone stepped it up in the second half.”
The United States returns to action on February 9th against Egypt in Cairo.-- GAME REPORT --
Match: USA vs. Chile
Date: January 22, 2011
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: The Home Depot Center – Carson, California
Kickoff: 7 p.m. PT
Attendance: 18,580
Weather: 60 degrees, clear
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 0 1 1
Chile 0 1 1
CHI – Esteban Paredes (Felipe Seymour) 53rd minute
USA – Teal Bunbury (penalty) 75 Lineups: USA: 18-Nick Rimando (1-Sean
Johnson, 46); 15-Sean Franklin, 5-Tim Ream, 4-Omar Gonzalez (2-Marvell Wynne, 46), 12-Zach Loyd (3-Anthony Wallace, 73); 8-Jeff Larentowicz, 10-Dax McCarty (capt.); 7-Alejandro Bedoya (19-Eric Alexander, 83) 16-Mixx Diskerud, 21-Brek Shea (17-Juan Agudelo, 60); 11-Chris Wondolowski (9-Teal Bunbury, 60)
Subs not used: 6-A.J. DeLaGarza
Head Coach: Bob Bradley
CHI: 1-Paulo Garces, 16-Paulo Maglhaes, 5-Sebastian Toro, 2-Eugenio Mena, 3-Juan Abarca, 8-Fernando Meneses (capt.), 6-Francisco Silva, 20-Luis Pedro Figueroa (14-Felipe Seymour, 46), 9-Esteban Paredes, 18-Edson Puch, 10-Daude Gazele (4-Lucas Dominguez, 71)
Subs not used: 7-Franco Ragusa, 11-Felipe Gutierrez, 12-Raul Olivares, 13-Santiago Dittborn, 15-Nicolas Mancilla
Head Coach: Marcelo Bielsa
Stats Summary: USA / CHI
Shots: 7 / 9
Shots on Goal: 4 / 3
Saves: 2 / 3
Corner Kicks: 2 / 0
Fouls: 18 / 9
Offside: 4 / 5
Misconduct Summary: CHI – Francisco Silva (caution) 17th minute USA – Zach Loyd (caution) 23 CHI – Sebastian Toro (caution) 82
Officials:
Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (MEX)
First Asst.: José Luis Camargo (MEX)
Second Asst: Alberto Morin (MEX)
Fourth: Ricardo Salazar (USA)
Well, whether it was a B, C, or D team I found it to be a decent game and thought they played well.There were a few players I thought did quite well. The US side was aggressive and played many 1 touch balls increasing the speed of play. Of course the achilles heel of the US still remains..no scoring threat. No call up for Adu in this the most of insignificant matches, the building of the next generation, shows there are no plans for him. I guess thats what becoming completely obsolete playing overseas does when there clearly are teams state side that could use his services.
Kyle, I hear you buddy but a young offensive player’s development can only go so far in MLS before he needs to go overseas to lift his game. Adu clearly wasn’t ready for that jump. But very few offensive MLS players can make the jump into international play. They just are not use to the speed and quality at that level. We saw the limitations of MLS with a MLS heavy US team in the Gold Cup 2009 final, the The right league and team overseas prepares many players (not all) for the international level. Adu’s game got exposed overseas and it would have been exposed the further he went along in his international career.