Three goals were scored by American-born players during the USA-Italy 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup match yesterday.
New Jersey-born Giuseppe Rossi scored twice in the second half and Daniele De Rossi had a goal as Italy rallied to overcome a Landon Donovan penalty kick and beat the United States 3-1.
The U.S. played a man down after Ricardo Clark was ejected in the 33rd minute for a late tackle on Gennaro Gattuso.
Match: United States vs. Italy
Date: June 15, 2009
Competition: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium; Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa
Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. local (2:30 p.m. ET)
Attendance: 34,341
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 65 degrees
USA — Landon Donovan (penalty kick) 41st minute
ITA — Giuseppe Rossi 58
ITA — Daniele De Rossi (Girogio Chiellini) 72
ITA — Giuseppe Rossi (Andrea Pirlo) 94+
Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 21-Jonathan Spector, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 15-Jay DeMerit, 2-Jonathan Bornstein (16-Sacha Kljestan, 86); 22-Benny Feilhaber (7-DaMarcus Beasley, 72), 13 -Ricardo Clark, 12-Michael Bradley, 8-Clint Dempsey; 10-Landon Donovan, 17-Jozy Altidore (9-Charlie Davies, 66)
Subs not used: 3-Carlos Bocanegra, 4-Conor Casey, 6-Heath Pearce, 11-Marvell Wynne, 14-Danny Califf, 18-Brad Guzan, 19-Freddy Adu, 20-Jose Francisco Torres, 23-Luis Robles
Head Coach: Bob Bradley
ITA: 1-Gianluigi Buffon; 19-Gianluca Zambrotta, 4-Girogio Chiellini, 6-Nicola Legrottaglie, 3-Fabio Grosso; 8-Gennaro Gattuso (17-Giuseppe Rossi, 57), 10-Daniele De Rossi, 21-Andrea Pirlo; 15-Vincenzo Iaquinta, 11-Alberto Gilardino (9-Luca Toni, 69), 16-Mauro Camoranesi (20-Riccardo Montolivo, 57)
Subs not used: 2-Davide Santon, 5-Fabio Cannavaro, 7-Simone Pepe, 12-Morgan De Sanctis, 13-Alessandro Gamberini, 14-Marco Amelia, 18-Angelo Palombo, 22-Andrea Dossena, 23-Fabio Quagliarella
Head Coach: Marcello Lippi
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