World Cup Qualifiers
U.S. Defeats Honduras 1-0 On Late Jozy Altidore Strike
The U.S. males’s soccer group struggled to carry off a battered-yet-determined Honduras group, but it surely did simply that. Altidore’s late aim put the People in nice form to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
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June 18, 2013
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IT WAS HARDLY PRETTY, however that is the best way it often goes within the Hex.
A gritty Honduras group performed america to a standstill for 73 minutes on Tuesday evening, however the People ultimately broke by means of on a Jozy Altidore aim, incomes an necessary 1-0 victory because of this.
With the strike, which was created by some pretty interaction between Graham Zusi and Fabian Johnson, Altidore has now scored in 4 consecutive U.S. contests—matching a file beforehand set by Landon Donovan. The Yanks now take a commanding lead within the remaining spherical of World Cup qualifying.
“I just think it’s just a matter of us clicking as a whole,” Altidore mentioned after the match. “These past four or five games have been our best in the past year. It’s no surprise that we’re being successful.”
Altidore was additionally fast to share the glory with the 2 males who set him up for the essential strike.
“Graham is so good at being aware of his surroundings,” Altidore mentioned. “He laid it off to Fabian and Fabian…laid a great ball off.”
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