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USA v Ecuador: international friendly – live! USA v Ecuador: international friendly – live!
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2.32am BST 3.09am BST
02:32 03:09
60 min: Dempsey’s shot is blocked … and then Bradley’s shot is over the bar! USA’s best move of the match. Wood went down the left, cut it back beautifully for Dempsey, but Erazo did well to get in the way, and then Bradley couldn’t make it count on the follow-up, from 30 yards. So the USA win, and a nice moment for Darlington Nagbe, who netted his first international goal. But it was such bad defending from Ecuador, and such a needless loss: that was meandering towards a dreary 0-0, and they just had a brain freeze in the penalty box! USA maybe just about to deserved to win it, on balance, since they improved in the second half, but no one would have quibbled with a 0-0. Wood and Nagbe did well for the hosts, though.
2.31am BST 3.07am BST
02:31 03:07
58 min: Jones from distance, but it’s straight at Dreer. Larrea is on for his international debut. Full-time: USA 1-0 Ecuador
2.30am BST That’s it!
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57 min: Gruezo is carted off; Pedro Larrea is going to come in. 03:04
90 min: Well, how about that. Dreadful defending from Ecuador, but USA have won it at the death. Paredes’ defensive header was pathetic, Wood climbed highest to win the second ball, and Nagbe was all alone 10 yards out: he slightly mishit it, but Dreer just dived out of the way of it. Hilariously inept from the visitors.
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55 min: Not quite as stylish from Ecuador since the break. Gruezo is down, and we’ll take a break. GOAL! USA 1-0 Ecuador (Nagbe 90)
2.25am BST Ha! Nagbe’s first international goal.
02:25 3.00am BST
52 min: This is better from USA: the passing is crisper. Ramirez fouls Zusi on the right hand side, and Bradley swings it in, but it was too flat, and headed clear. 03:00
2.22am BST 88 min: Good last five minutes from Ecuador. They’ve kept the ball effectively.
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50 min: Whacked clear by a black shirt. Ecuador’s set pieces have been dross. 02:58
2.21am BST 86 min: Orozco replaces Zusi and gets three and a half minutes. What’s the point?
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49 min: Oh, Mena! Great link-up between Valencia and Mena, but the latter wanted to check back on his left foot, and Bradley came back to cover. If Mena had run with it on his right, he was clean through on goal. Corner to Ecuador. 02:57
2.18am BST 85 min: Arroyo’s free kick is deflected, and easy for Guzan. Snooze.
02:18 2.56am BST
48 min: Nice pass from Bradley, and Wood just couldn’t quite take it on the left side, but he does enough to pressure Paredes into conceding a corner. Great ball in by Bradley, but Birnbaum and Dempsey get in each other’s way! And it rolls through to Dreer. 02:56
84 min: When you take a step back and look from a distance, this game has been really boring. Just so little snap. It feels exactly like a pre-tournament friendly match that no one, deep down, can be bothered with.
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82 min: Mena gets into another good position, but not for the first time, his cross is putrid.
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80 min: Ten minutes to go, and the teams are just going through the motions, really.
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79 min: Birnbaum looked for it, but it was well defended by Arboleda. The game’s being played in the Ecuador half, though.
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47 min: Looks like Bradley has dropped back into Beckerman’s midfield anchor role. Nagbe and Jones further forward. 78 min: Mat Besler in for John Brooks. Bedoya is fouled and USA have a free kick in a promising position.
2.16am BST
02:16
We're back!
46 min: And Klinsi has made changes. Bobby Wood is on for Gyasi Zardes, and Darlington Nagbe replaces Kyle Beckerman.
And Alexander Dominguez can’t continue, so Esteban Dreer is in.
1.59am BST
01:59
Disappointing. Ecuador have been much slicker, and have worked the ball very nicely in the final third, but haven’t created all that much. USA have been ordinary, but they’re still level. See you shortly!