No substitutions for either team at halftime.
Bradley gets out in space but he's 1 on 4 and he can't dribble through that many people (nobody can that's not named Messi or Ronaldo).
Guardado tries to cross it but he hit it a little too far and Howard gobbles it up.
Salcido called offsides during a run forward.
Damn, De La Torre is 9-0-2 so far in his stint as Mexican coach.
Marquez almost scores on a header following a corner. It hit the side netting, thrilling all the drunk and or stupid fans in the crowd.
Haha apparently Castillo had three caps for Mexico in friendlies. Is it possible to give him back? Can't imagine why they'd let a guy of his incredible ability walk away.
dos Santos is in, Mexico can relax now. That storyline is over. De La Torre didn't start him in this pointless friendly! Oh the horror!
Donovan hits a great corner to Bocanegra, his header is powerful but right at Ochoa. That was the U.S.' first shot of the game, yikes.
No surprise, the old Mexican man doing commentary thinks Torres should have a bigger role.
First U.S. sub: Agudelo in for Buddle, Brek Shea in for Jones in the 60th mionute.
Hold the phone, Shea has the third-most goals in MLS. Look out world.
With Agudelo's first touch, he at least attacks Mexico before shooting way over the Mexican goal.
2nd Mexico sub: Arellano for Peralta.
Shots are 5-2 in favor of Mexico.
Good passing sequence by Mexico but Arellano shoots wide and over.
Shea looked to win a corner but he didn't get the seemingly easy call.
Marquez is the sub for Mexico, Javier Rodriguez is in.
Never heard one before but I think John Harkes just made a joke: regarding airline travel. Not bad John, keep it up.
Bermudez in for ; Robbie Rogers in for Michael Bradley.
Agudelo got loose in the box but he couldn't hang onto the ball before going down.
Haha, Rogers ties it up in the 73rd minute as Shea feeds him a great ball across the goalmouth. All he had to do was tap it in. (1-1)
Second international goal for Rogers, first assist for Shea.
Donovan and Torres combine for another near goal. The ball was played behind Torres.
After a good run into the area, Donovan gets taken down. That was a close one, could have been given a penalty.
Haha Darke drops a Elton John "Philadelphia Freedom" reference. Well done sir.
Rogers shoots over, Agudelo started another good rush.
I honestly didn't know a thing about Shea before this match but he's impressing me. His hair is awful but to look that silly you have to be a baller. Nice move forces a good save by Ochoa.
Hey Ricardo Clark is back! Torres out, Clark in. Ok performance by Torres, he clearly had few options tonight of guys that could play with his type of skill.
Wow. Agudelo plays a great through ball to Rogers, he gets pulled down by Torrado but he only gets a yellow card. Unbelievable, fouls don't get much more dirty and intentional than that.
Three minutes of added time. Clark bungles play and shoots well wide after some nice work by Donovan. One last time, Clark plays a pass a little behind Agudelo in the box.
That's it, 1-1. Fair result; Mexico dominated for most of the match but the U.S. finally woke up with about 20 minutes left in the second half. Shea, Rogers and Agudelo provided nice sparks off the bench and showed why they deserve more time (over Buddle).
All in all a positive debut for Klinsmann and his new squad. The next match is Sept. 2 vs. Costa Rica in Carson, CA.
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