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ESPN 2 - Elsalvador 1, USA 0 (42 minute)
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"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Kahlil Gibran -
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El Salvador 2- USA 0 (73rd minute)"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Kahlil GibranComment
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USA 1 - El S 2
Altidore scored in the 73th minute."Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Kahlil GibranComment
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2-2 Heduck - 87th"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Kahlil GibranComment
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El Salvador 2-2 U.S
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Jozy Altidore started the comeback in the 77th minute and Frankie Hejduk scored the tying goal in the 88th as the United States rallied for a 2-2 draw at El Salvador in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday night.
Ranked just 106th in the world, El Salvador built a 2-0 lead against the No. 17 Americans before a boisterous crowd of 30,500 at Estadio Cuscatlan on goals by Eliseo Quintanilla in the 15th minute and Crisian Castillo in the 72nd.
Brian Ching had a chance to win it for the United States seven minutes into injury time but was stopped on an open bicycle kick by defender Mardoqueo Henriquez.
The United States (1-0-1), seeking its sixth straight World Cup berth, leads the final round of the North and Central American and Caribbean region with four points heading into Wednesday's qualifier at Nashville, Tenn., against Trinidad and Tobago (0-0-2), which rallied at home to tie Honduras (0-1-1) on Saturday.
Mexico and Costa Rica (1-1) are one point back following El Tri's 2-0 victory over Costa Rica on Saturday in Mexico City. El Salvador (0-0-2) has two points.
Altidore entered in the 61st minute and beat backup goalkeeper Juan Jose Gomez, who had replaced injured Miguel Montes two minutes earlier. Altidore scored on a header from 3 yards off a cross from Hejduk, who made an overlapping run and took a feed from Ching.
Hejduk scored on an open header from just in front of the goal after Landon Donovan's corner kick bounded off defender Marvin Gonzalez.
The United States had been 13-1-4 vs. El Salvador, outscoring the Cuscatlecos 41-10. But Quintanilla, who had five goals in 27 games for Major League Soccer's D.C. United in 2002-3, scored on a play that began with a giveaway by DaMarcus Beasley. Quintanilla got past the defense, took a pass from Osrael Romero and beat goalkeeper Brad Guzan, sliding the ball inside the far post.
Rodolfo Zelaya got past Beasley on the flank to create the second goal and crossed to the top of the penalty area, where Castillo got free of Hejduk and bounced a header past Guzan.
Guzan started in place of No. 1 goalkeeper Tim Howard, who picked up his second yellow card of qualifying for time-wasting last month against Mexico. The U.S. also was without central defender Oguchi Onyewu, who sprained a knee during training Wednesday and was replaced by Danny Califf.
Hejduk started his second straight qualifier at right back in place of Steve Cherundolo, still recovering from a hip injury.
Ching put the ball in the net for the United States in the 43rd minute, but as many as five Americans might have been caught by an offsides trap.
The United States had won its previous seven matches against El Salvador and had shut out the Cuscatlecos six straight times since 1997. The Americans had not even fallen behind El Salvador during a match in 16 years.Comment
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