[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY] Michael Orozco Fiscal was the unlikely hero with his first international goal in the 80th
minute to give the USA an unlikely 1-0 win over Mexico for its first ever win at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium. Orozco Fiscal scored three minutes after he came on at left back, scoring on a back heel
from Terrence Boyd after Brek Shea megged his defender. Goalie Tim Howard
preserved the win with two fantastic saves on Javier Hernandez..
Second Half:
90th minute -- Lugo header easily saved by Howard.
89th minute -- Howard saves against on Chicharito, palming away header.
89th minute -- U.S. substitution: Corona for Jones.
85th minute -- Mexico substitution: Perez for Meza.
85th minute -- Howard saves Chicharito's shot on line after ball deflected off Edu.
82nd minute -- Zusi handed
yellow card.
80th minute -- Orozco Fiscal puts the USA ahead, scoring on a back heel from Boyd after Shea beat his defender down left wing (USA 1-0)
78th minute -- U.S. substitution: Shea for Gomez.
77th minute --
U.S. substitution: Orozco Fiscal for Castillo.
76th minute -- Chicharito wide open in from but fails to put J.Hernandez's cross on target.
73rd minute -- Mexico substitution: De Nigris for Reyna.
69th minute -- Jones with obligatory yellow card for
foul on Zavala.
63rd minute -- Chicharito eludes Cameron, drawing foul on edge of area, but Guardado's bending free kick goes wide.
61st minute -- Ochoa stops Gomez's free kick, then Beckerman's shot goes over bar.
60th minute -- U.S.
substitution: Zusi for Williams.
56th minute -- Cameron flicks away cross with Chicharito lurking in front.
53rd
minute -- Gomez shoots wildly with Boyd open in front.
53rd minute -- Howard stops Lugo's blast, one of few Mexico's shots on target.
46th minute -- U.S. substitutions: Beasley for Donovan, Boyd for Torres; Mexico substitutions: E.Hernandez for Barrera, Lugo for Viniegra.
Talk about a game being upstaged: Mexico's gold-medalists are introduced at the half to wild cheers and fireworks.
First
Half:
Edu and Cameron doing good job on Chicharito, but Guardado and Reyna are getting too much of the ball ...
31st minute -- Gomez draws foul -- and yellow card -- on Rodriguez.
Little sustained U.S. possession. Almost all chances follow Mexico
fouls in its half ...
27th minute -- Torres Milo shoots wide after Jones turns the ball over in midfield.
27th minute -- Edu gets the worst of a collision with Howard on a collision in the area.
Guardado getting more of
the ball in the U.S. third ...
14th minute -- USA yellow card: Edu for foul on Chicharito.
11th minute --
Azteca fans want penalty for foul by Cameron on Chicharito but referee isn't buying it.
6th minute -- Ochoa saves Castillo's shot from
distance.
5th minute -- Gomez free in the box following free kick but nudged as he shoots and attempt goes wide.
1st minute -- Jones fouls Reyna at the edge of the penalty area in first 20 seconds, but free kick goes into wall.
Lineups:
Mexico -- Ochoa; Meza, Rodriguez, Moreno, Torres Nilo; Zavala, Viniegra, Guardado, Barrera; Reyna, J.Hernandez.
USA --
Howard; Johnson, Cameron, Edu, Castillo; Donovan, Jones, Beckerman, Williams, Torres; Gomez.



Bill Anderson


