Video: U.S.A. 0 – Slovakia 1 (International Friendly Highlights)

[digg=http://digg.com/soccer/Video_U_S_A_0_Slovakia_1_Friendly_Highlights]Marek Hamsik’s penalty kick in the 26th minute was enough for surprise World Cup qualifiers Slovakia to earn a home win against a weakened United States team in an international friendly earlier today. The penalty followed U.S. defender Jonathan Bornstein’s push on Vladimir Weiss in the box.

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Match: United States vs. Slovakia
Date: November 14, 2009
Venue: Tehelné Pole — Bratislava, Slovakia
Attendance: 7,200
Weather: Overcast, 45 degrees

Scoring Summary:
SVK — Marek Hamsik (penalty kick)  26^th minute

Lineups:
USA: 18-Brad Guzan; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 2-Jonathan Spector, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.) (25-Clarence Goodson, 72), 12-Jonathan Bornstein; 19-Robbie Rogers (16-Sacha Kljestan, 82), 5-Benny Feilhaber, 4-Michael Bradley, 8-Clint Dempsey (28-Dax McCarty, 72); 17-Jozy Altidore (32-Jeff Cunningham, 82), 9-Conor Casey (36-Eddie Johnson, 46)
Subs not used:, 15-Jimmy Conrad, 35-Marcus Hahnemann
Head Coach: Bob Bradley

SVK: 1-Ján Mucha; 5-Radoslav Zabavník, 3-Martin Skrtel, 16-Ján Durica, 4-Marek Cech (2-Peter Pekarík, 90+2); 7-Vladimír Weiss (14-Juraj Kucka, 82), 6-Miroslav Karhan (8-Ján Kozák, 90+1) 17-Marek Hamsík (capt.) (15- Zdeno Strba, 90+1), 10-Miroslav Stoch (9-Stanislav Sesták, 61); 11-Róbert Vittek (13-Dusan Svento, 68); 18-Erik Jendrisek
Subs not used: 12-Lubos Kamenár
Head Coach: Vladimir Weiss

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