The United States defeated Germany 4-3 on Sunday in front of a capacity crowd of 47,359 at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. The game marked the Centennial celebration for the United States Soccer Federation, and the two teams didn’t disappoint. Jozy Altidore opened the scoring in the 13th minute and an unlikely Germany own-goal made it 2-0 in the 16th. Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen found it impossible to handle a slow moving backpass with the ball winding up crossing the line for a USA goal. In the second-half, Germany pulled a goal back when Heiko Westermann scored in the 51st minute. The United States responded with goals from Clint Dempsey in the 60th and 65th minute. Germany’s Max Kruse scored in the 78th minute and Julian Draxler pulled Germany within a goal in the 81st.
“We’re happy with the win, but at the same time we expect a lot out of ourselves,” Dempsey said. “We’re not happy with conceding the amount of goals that we’ve conceded in these two games. It needs to be better. Even though we’re playing against top quality, we need to do a better job of protecting our ‘keeper. At the same time, we’re happy with the result in the sense of winning and we take confidence from beating a good team.”
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Germany
Date: June 2, 2013
Competition: Centennial Celebration
Venue: RFK Stadium; Washington, D.C.
Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. ET
Attendance: 47,359
Weather: 91 degrees, sunny
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 2 2 4
GER 0 3 3
USA – Jozy Altidore (Graham Zusi) 13th minute
USA – Marc-Andre ter Stegen (own goal) 16
GER – Heiko Westermann (Max Kruse) 51
USA – Clint Dempsey (Jozy Altidore) 60
USA – Clint Dempsey 65
GER – Max Kruse (Julian Draxler) 78
GER – Julian Draxler 81
Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 3-Omar Gonzalez, 5-Matt Besler, 7-DaMarcus Beasley (2-Edgar Castillo, 56); 4-Michael Bradley, 6-Brad Evans, 13-Jermaine Jones, 23-Fabian Johnson (24-Brad Davis, 46), 19-Graham Zusi (18-Eddie Johnson, 56); 8-Clint Dempsey, 17-Jozy Altidore (25-Terrence Boyd, 81)
Substitutions Not Used: 12-Brad Guzan, 11-Stuart Holden, 15-Michael Parkhurst, 16-Sacha Kljestan, 20-Geoff Cameron, 21-Clarence Goodson
Head coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
GER: 22-Marc-Andre ter Stegen; 4-Benedikt Howedes, 7-Marcell Jansen (6-Dennis Aogo, 46), 17-Per Mertesacker (23-Phillip Wollsched, 46); 3-Stefan Reinartz, 8-Julian Draxler, 9-Andre Schurrle (18-Sydney Sam, 65), 10-Lukas Podolski, 15-Lars Bender (5-Heiko Westermann, 46), 16-Sven Bender (20-Max Kruse, 46); 11-Miroslav Klose (13-Nicolai Muller, 79)
Substitutions Not Used: 1-Rene Adler, 12-Ron-Rober Zieler, 14-Aaron Hunt, 21-Roman Neustadter
Head coach: Joachim Low
Stats Summary: USA / GER
Shots: 13 / 16
Shots on Goal: 7 / 8
Saves: 5 / 4
Corner Kicks: 8 / 8
Fouls: 8 / 7
Offside: 1 / 4
Misconduct Summary:
None
Officials:
Referee: Paul Delgadillo (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Alejandro Ayala (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Hector Delgadillo (MEX)
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA)
