So much for that result against Germany. The United States turned on the offense in their second Group C game, beating Cameroon 4-1. Bryan Arguez opened the scoring for the US in first-half stoppage time. Tony Taylor made it 2-0 two minutes in the second-half, and Dilly Duka had the US up three in the 67th minute. Banana Yaya got Cameroon on the board in the 75th minute, and Brian Ownby finished off the scoring in second-half stoppage time.
"If you win 4-1 you're clearly happy, but I'm more happy about the fact that our team responded well to a disappointing opening game against Germany,” US coach Thomas Rongen said. “It showed some great character and resilience to manage this game, and it was a huge game for us. We felt we needed three points to get ourselves back in the race for the group, and we did that."
The United States put eight of their sixteen shots on goal, six from 18 for Cameroon. Cameroon led eight to three on corners. The United States enters their final group stage game on Friday (12:30pm - ESPN2) against Korea with three points and a 0 goal differential. With Korea drawing 1-1 with Germany 1-1, the US enter the last day of Group C in second-place trailing Germany by a point.
Match: U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team vs. Cameroon
Date: Sept. 29, 2009
Competition: 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup
Venue: Mubarak Stadium; Suez, Egypt
Kickoff: 6:45 p.m. (12:45 p.m. ET)
Attendance: 28,000
Weather: 81 degrees, clear
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 3 4
CMR 0 1 1
USA – Bryan Arguez (Tony Taylor) 45th+1
USA – Tony Taylor (Dilly Duka) 47
USA – Dilly Duka (Bryan Arguez) 67
CMR – Banana Yaya (penalty kick) 75
USA – Brian Ownby (Jared Jeffrey) 90+1
Lineups:
USA: 13-Brian Perk (capt.); 4-Sheanon Williams, 2-Gale Agbossoumonde, 16-Ike Opara, 19-Jorge Flores; 8-Jared Jeffrey, 17-Bryan Arguez, 10-Dilly Duka (3-Dillon Powers, 76); 5-Danny Cruz, 7-Tony Taylor (15-Brian Ownby, 74), 20-Brek Shea
Subs not used: 1-Sean Johnson, 18-Josh Lambo, 6-Kyle Davies, 9-Peri Marosevic, 11-Mikkel Diskerud, 12-Aaron Maund, 14-Gerson Mayen, 21-Michael Stephens
Head coach: Thomas Rongen
CMR: 1-Francois Beyokol (capt.); 4-Banana Yaya, 6-Charley Fomen, 7-Olivier Boumale, 9-Brice Owona; 12-Adolphe Teikeu, 13-Parfait Essenque, 17-Germain Tiko (10-Jacques Zoua, 51), 18-Jean Bapidi (5-Enow Tabot, 73), 19-Donald Djousse (14-Patrick Ekeng, 51), 21-Andre Akono Effa
Subs not used: 11-Thierry Tangouantio, 16-Joseph Asong; 2-Olivier Mvondo, 3-Sylvain Abad, 8-Etienne Soppo, 15-Etienne Etoo, 20-Ghislain Mvom
Head Coach: Alain Wabo
Stats Summary: USA / CMR
Shots: 15 / 14
Shots on Goal: 8 / 6
Saves: 5 / 4
Corner Kicks: 3 / 8
Fouls: 14 / 17
Offside: 5 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
CMR – Charley Fomen (caution) 21st minute
USA – Sheanon Williams (caution) 61
USA – Ike Opara (caution) 74
USA – Jared Jeffrey (caution) 76
USA – Brian Ownby (caution) 80
CMR – Banana Yaya (caution) 90+3
Officials:
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Pablo Fandino (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Fourth Official: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
