one game — one goal
The hype machine is running on max right now for 17 yr old Juan Agudelo, the Colombian-born Red
Bulls striker who came on with 30 minutes left in today's friendly against S. Africa, and scored a
beautiful goal to win the match for the USA.
CultFootball first picked him out a few weeks back, when we critiqued his play in the Red Bulls
loss to the Earthquakes:
The real standout in the losing effort was 17 yr old Juan Agudelo.
The U.S. National Team is ready to travel back to South Africa, this time to face Bafana Bafana
in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup. As of Thursday, Bob Bradley has announced the squad of 18 that
will be heading to Cape Town. Let's take a look:
The two goalkeepers who will be going with the squad are Brad Guzan of Aston Villa and 24 year
old Dominic Cervi, who currently is a reserve over at Scottish giants Celtic.
By AVI CREDITOR
While time ticks down until Bob Bradley releases his roster for the United States men's national
team's Nov. 17 friendly against South Africa, Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has already
released his.
South Africa's roster for the Nelson Mandela Challenge features many of its World Cup
participants, including Everton midfiedler Steven Pineaar and World Cup standout Siphiwe
Tshabalala.
Davide Somma, new Bafana Bafana Striker Pic: Sowetan
This evening Steven Pienaar will captain South Africa in the absence of Aaron Moekna when Bafana
Bafana run out onto the field to face the team from the United States of America in the Nelson
Mandela Challenge at Cape Town Stadium.
Somma hopes to continue his goalscoring at Leeds with the national side.
Today's friendly seems like a pretty straightforward affair, but what would sporting news be if
we didn't inflate pseudo controversy into "genuine" talking points? (The answer is legitimate
journalists, but we'll ignore that for now).
Well, it may have taken five extra months, but a Yankee striker one born in 1993 mind you
finally found the netting in South Africa in 2010. Eat your heart out Sunil Gulati.
A motley crew gets it done.
If you're a fan of the USMNT, it's hard to not be a little giddy as the States mildly corrected
it's last game in South Africa with a 1-0 win over the Bafana, Bafana at Green Point Stadium in
Cape Town on Wednesday night.
The Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup has been decided, and the Yanks will be taking home the
silverware (yes, there was silverware to be taken home from the match) thanks to a late goal from
Nationa Team debutant Juan Agudelo. Of course, this only being a friendly cup, it is mostly a moral
victory- though what a moral victory it was!
