The United States historic difficulties winning in Europe continued on Tuesday, with a loss at Brussels's King Baudouin Stadium. Nicolas Lombaerts scored the game's only goal in the 55th minute. Both teams had would-be goals called off, with the United States thinking they had an 86th minute equalizer only for the referee to decide otherwise.
-- GAME REPORT --
Match: USA vs. Belgium
Date: Sept. 6, 2011
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: King Baudouin Stadium; Brussels, Belgium
Kickoff: 2:45 p.m. ET
Attendance: TBD
Weather: 61 degrees; light rain
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
Belgium 0 1 1
USA 0 0 0
BEL – Nicolas Lombaerts (Marouane Fellaini) 55th minute
Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Steve Cherundolo, 4-Clarence Goodson, 5-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 3-Timmy Chandler; 6-Maurice Edu, 10- Jose Torres (15-Jeff Larentowicz, 76), 8-Clint Dempsey; 7-Robbie Rogers (14-Kyle Beckerman, 46), 9-Jozy Altidore (18-Juan Agudelo, 46), 11-Brek Shea
Subs not used: 12-Bill Hamid, 13- Michael Orozco Fiscal, 16-Sacha Kljestan, 17- Jonathan Spector
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
BEL: 1-Simon Mignolet; 2-Laurent Ciman, 3-Toby Alderweireld, 4-Vincent Kompany (capt.), 5-Nicolas Lombaerts; 6-Timmy Simons; 7-Eden Hazard (16-Marvin Ogunjimi, 63), 10-Axel Witsel, 8-Marouane Fellaini (15-David Hubert, 63), 11-Dries Mertens; 9-Igor de Camargo (14-Romelu Lukaku, 63)
Subs not used: 12-Jean-Francois Gillet, 13-Timothy Derijck, 17-Jelle Vossen 18-Moussa Dembele, 19-Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, 20-Jelle van Damme, 21-Thibaut Coutois
Head coach: George Leekens
Stats Summary: USA / BEL
Shots: 6 / 13
Shots on Goal: 2 / 5
Saves: 4 / 2
Corner Kicks: 3 / 5
Fouls: 11 / 13
Offside: 1 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
None.
Officials:
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: Graham Chambers (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Stuart Stevenson (SCO)
Fourth Official: Philippe Vandecauter (BEL)
