The USMNT came back to shock the Netherlands 4-3 at Amsterdam ArenA on Friday. The USMNT fell behind in the 27th minute to a Klaas Jan Huntelaar goal. Gyasi Zardes equalized for the USMNT in the 33rd with Fabian Johnson assisting.
Huntelaar put the Dutch back in front in the 49th with new Manchester United signing Memphis Depay stretching the lead in the 53rd. John Brooks pulled a goal back for the USMNT in the 70th minute with DeAndre Yedlin assisting. Danny Williams shocked the home fans with an 89th minute equalizer.
There was a bigger shock to come just a minute later when Jordan Morris setup Bobby Wood for the USMNT’s winner. The USMNT continues their European road trip against Germany in Cologne on Wednesday (2:45pm ET – Fox Sports 1).
“I think the takeaways were definitely that it’s very encouraging to see all of our group coming back in a game that when you are two goals down and it’s not looking so positive for a bit of time, and then having the courage and the energy to take it back to Holland and obviously turn the thing around,” USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “It’s wonderful to see young players coming through with confidence and also taking risks and trying to surprise their opponents. They definitely made some mistakes, otherwise you don’t concede three goals, but I think that when we look at the entire game that we actually deserved to win.”
— GAME REPORT —
Match: U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Netherlands
Date: June 5, 2015
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Amsterdam Arena; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. local)
Attendance: 46,000
Weather: 68 degrees; Indoor
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 3 4
NED 1 2 3
NED – Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Memphis Depay) 27th minute
USA – Gyasi Zardes (Fabian Johnson) 33
NED – Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Gregory Ven Der Wiel) 49
NED – Memphis Depay (Klaas Jan Huntelaar) 53
USA – John Brooks (DeAndre Yedlin) 70
USA – Danny Williams 88
USA – Bobby Wood (Jordan Morris) 90
Lineups:
USA: 1-Brad Guzan; 21-Timmy Chandler, 19-Ventura Alvarado (15-Michael Orozco, 46), 6-John Brooks, 11-Brek Shea (2-DeAndre Yedlin, 57); 4-Michael Bradley (capt.), 5-Kyle Beckerman (14-Danny Williams, 63), 7-Alfredo Morales (10-Mix Diskerud, 56); 23-Fabian Johnson, 9-Aron Johannsson (18-Bobby Wood, 65), 20-Gyasi Zardes (8-Jordan Morris, 80)
Subs Not Used : 3-Brad Evans, 12-Nick Rimando, 13-Juan Agudelo, 16-Miguel Ibarra
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
NED: 1-Jasper Cillessen; 2-Daryl Janmaat (12-Gregory Van Der Wiel, 46), 3-Jeffrey Bruma, 4-Bruno Martins Indi, 5-Daley Blind; 6-Jordy Clasie (24-Wesley Sneijder, 78), 7-Quincy Promes, 10-Robin Van Persie (capt.) (18-Davy Propper, 57), 11-Memphis Depay, 8-Georgino Wijnaldum; 9-Klaas Jan Huntelaar (19-Luuk De Jong, 78)
Subs Not Used: 13-Joel Veltman, 14-Karim Rekik, 15-Jetro Willems, 16-Stefan De Vrij, 17-Luciano Narsingh, 20-Tjaronn Chery, 21-Steven Berghuis, 23-Tim Krul
Head coach: Guus Hiddink
Stats Summary: USA / NED
Shots: 17 / 21
Shots on Goal: 11 / 10
Saves: 6 / 7
Corner Kicks: 3 / 3
Fouls: 3 / 8
Offside: 2 / 1
Misconduct Summary:
NED – Gregory Van Der Wiel (caution) 85th minute
Officials:
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (SWE)
Assistant 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)
4th Official: Richard Liesveld (NED)
