United States 2 : 0 Trinidad & Tobago (WCQ)
Wednesday, 01 April 09, 09:05 PM · Comments (0)
There's a good turn out at LP Field in Nashville. Nashville seems to be a good place for national team matches.
The United States dominated play throughout the match with Landon Donovan the chief architect of most chances and Jozy Altidore the recipient of some great passes scoring a hat-trick.
After a respectable first half Trinidad were simply overpowered in the second as the US played a mix of slide rule passes and long balls to break apart the Soca Warriors rearguard.
Early in the first half the US got off the mark after a lovely lead up saw Donovan place a low cross perfectly for Altidore to guide passed Clayton Ince.
T&T did manage a few forays forward in the first half, mostly through Carlos Edwards running up the right wing but strikers John and Jones were unable to finish.
The Americans turned on the style soon after the break with Donovan involved finding Altidore who left Trinidad skipper Dennis Lawrence on his back to make it 2-0.
Trinidad would have a chance in the second half but watched Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones blaze over the bar.
Later would come the Americans third as Michael Bradley latched onto a long ball and found Landon Donovan who again teed up Altidore who did not waste his chance, unlike when he missed from a yard out before half time.
The win sees the USA reaffirm their position atop the table as Trinidad find themselves with work to do.
The OleOle adboards are pretty cool.
Man of the Match: Donovan (USA). I would have gone with Altidore but that miss was something else.
On a different note, I hope someone punched the (one) redneck that screamed during the moment of silence. Show some class, really.
The United States dominated play throughout the match with Landon Donovan the chief architect of most chances and Jozy Altidore the recipient of some great passes scoring a hat-trick.
After a respectable first half Trinidad were simply overpowered in the second as the US played a mix of slide rule passes and long balls to break apart the Soca Warriors rearguard.
Early in the first half the US got off the mark after a lovely lead up saw Donovan place a low cross perfectly for Altidore to guide passed Clayton Ince.
T&T did manage a few forays forward in the first half, mostly through Carlos Edwards running up the right wing but strikers John and Jones were unable to finish.
The Americans turned on the style soon after the break with Donovan involved finding Altidore who left Trinidad skipper Dennis Lawrence on his back to make it 2-0.
Trinidad would have a chance in the second half but watched Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones blaze over the bar.
Later would come the Americans third as Michael Bradley latched onto a long ball and found Landon Donovan who again teed up Altidore who did not waste his chance, unlike when he missed from a yard out before half time.
The win sees the USA reaffirm their position atop the table as Trinidad find themselves with work to do.
The OleOle adboards are pretty cool.
Man of the Match: Donovan (USA). I would have gone with Altidore but that miss was something else.
On a different note, I hope someone punched the (one) redneck that screamed during the moment of silence. Show some class, really.
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