The United States started their May/June schedule with a disappointing night against Belgium in Cleveland. Belgium opened the scoring in the 7th minute through Kevin Mirallas. Geoff Cameron equalized for the USA in the 23rd minute, with that score holding into halftime. Belgium took the lead with a Christian Benteke goal in the 56th minute. Kevin De Bruyne made it 3-1 in the 65th with Benteke scoring his second goal in the 72nd minute. . Clint Dempsey converted an 80th minute penalty to pull a goal back. Stuart Holden made his return to the National Team, subbing on in the 81st minute.
The game marked DaMarcus Beasley’s 100th appearance for the senior squad. The United States plays Germany in Washington, DC on Sunday (2:30pm ET – ESPN2).
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Belgium
Date: May 29, 2013
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: FirstEnergy Stadium; Cleveland, Ohio
Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
Attendance: 27,720
Weather: 79 degrees, humid
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 1 2
BEL 1 3 4
BEL – Kevin Mirallas 6th minute
USA – Geoff Cameron (Clint Dempsey) 22
BEL – Christian Benteke (Kevin De Bruyne) 56
BEL – Marouane Fellaini (Kevin De Bruyne) 64
BEL – Christian Benteke (Steven Defour) 71
USA – Clint Dempsey (penalty kick) 80
Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard (12-Brad Guzan, 46); 20-Geoff Cameron, 3-Omar Gonzalez, 21-Clarence Goodson (5-Matt Besler, 69), 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 13-Jermaine Jones, 16-Sacha Kljestan (11-Stuart Holden, 81), 19-Graham Zusi (6-Brad Evans, 69), 24-Brad Davis (25-Terrence Boyd, 63); 8-Clint Dempsey (capt.), 17-Jozy Altidore (18-Eddie Johnson, 46)
Substitutions Not Used: 15-Michael Parkhurst, 9-Herculez Gomez
Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
BEL: 1-Simon Mignolet; 2-Toby Alderweireld, 3-Thomas Vermaelen (15-Sebastien Pocognoli, 36), 4-Vincent Kompany (capt.) (16-Guillame Gillet, 72), 5-Jan Vertonghen; 6-Marouane Fellaini, 7-Kevin Mirallas, 8-Steven Defour (22-Timmy Simons, 76) 9-Romelu Lukaku (23-Thorgan Hazard, 83); 11-Kevin De Bruyne (14-Dries Mertens, 68), 18-Moussa Dembele (20-Christian Benteke, 41)
Substitutions Not Used: 12-Jean-Francois Gillet, 21-Thomas Kaminski, 13-Laurent Ciman, 17-Maxime Lestienne, 19-Jelle Vossen
Head coach: Marc Wilmots
Stats Summary: USA / BEL
Shots: 3 / 10
Shots on Goal: 2 / 8
Saves: 4 / 0
Corner Kicks: 5 / 4
Fouls: 4 / 9
Offside: 4 / 3
Misconduct Summary:
BEL – Timmy Simmons (Caution) 78th minute
USA – Jermaine Jones (Caution) 90
Officials:
Referee: Jeffery Solis (CRC)
Assistant Referee 1: Osvaldo Luna (CRC)
Assistant Referee 2: Warner Castro (CRC)
