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USA 3 – Antigua and Barbuda 1

June 8, 2012 by US Soccer Players

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The United States opened CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying with a win over Antigua and Barbuda at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL.  USA captain Carlos Bocanegra opened the scoring in the 7th minute with Clint Dempsey making it 2-0 from the penalty spot just before halftime.  Antigua and Barbuda’s Peter Byers subbed on in the 62nd minute and scored two minutes later to pull a goal back for the visitors. The US would add one more when Herculez Gomez scored in the 71st minute.  The US plays Guatemala in Guatemala City on Tuesday (10pm ET – PPV).  

“We discussed that prior to the game that it would be difficult to break them down,” US coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “Antigua did a very good job defending and made it very tight. I think we created quite a few chances and we could have scored a few more goals. Those games are tricky. At the end of the day, I think the three points is the starting point that we wanted to have. We know that we have to step it up a lot going into Guatemala, which we will do. Overall, we give a complement to Antigua and a complement to the crowd of over 23,000 coming to the game. It was amazing. Now we’ve got to look toward Tuesday and we’ve got to give Guatemala a real fight.”

— GAME REPORT —

Match: USA vs. Antigua & Barbuda 
Date: June 8, 2012 
Competition: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying; Semifinal Round 
Venue: Raymond James Stadium; Tampa, Fla. 
Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET 
Attendance: 23,971 
Weather: 73 degrees; rain 

Scoring Summary: 1 2 F 
USA                        2 1 3 
ATG                        0 1 1 

USA – Carlos Bocanegra       8th minute 
USA – Clint Dempsey (pen)   44 
ATG – Peter Byers                65 
USA – Herculez Gomez         72 

Lineups: 
USA : 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 21-Clarence Goodson, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 16-Jose Torres (5-Oguchi Onyewu, 57); 7-Maurice Edu , 4-Michael Bradley, 13-Jermaine Jones (18-Terrence Boyd, 81); 10-Landon Donovan, 8-Clint Dempsey, 9-Herculez Gomez (17-Jozy Altidore, 80) 
Subs not used: 2-Michael Parkhurst, 12-Brad Guzan,14-Kyle Beckerman, 20-Geoff Cameron 
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann 

ATG : 18-Molvin James; 2-Marvin McCoy, 5-Marc Joseph, 17-George Dublin, 11-Quinton Griffith; 14-Randolph Burton, 8-Mikele Leigertwood, 15-Lawson Robinson, 10-Keiran Murtagh (16-Peter Byers, 62); 13-Tamarley Thomas (9-Stefan Smith, 83), 23-Dexter Blackstock 
Subs not used: 1-Olson Forde, 3-Joshua Parker, 4-Karanja Mack, 6-Ranja Christian, 7-Kimoi Alexander, 19-Troy Dublin, 20-Akeem Thomas, 21-Keita Decastro, 22-Justin Cochrane 
Head coach: Tom Curtis 

Stats Summary: USA / ATG 
Shots: 19 / 7 
Shots on Goal: 11 / 2 
Saves: 1 / 8 
Corner Kicks: 14 / 2 
Fouls: 17 / 10 
Offside: 3 / 0 

Misconduct Summary: 
ATG – Marc Joseph (caution)      12th minute 
ATG – Quinton Griffith (caution)    67 

Officials: 
Referee: Hugo Cruz (CRC) 
Assistant Referee 1: Warner Castro (CRC) 
Assistant Referee 2: Osvaldo Luna (CRC) 
Fourth Official: Ricardo Cerdas (CRC) 

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