Earthquakes goalkeeper David Bingham saw his first action with the United States U-23s, earning a 1-1 draw against a Bayer Leverkusen squad composed of first teamers and reserves on Tuesday.
The rookie keeper kept a clean sheet until Brazilian midfielder Leonardo Lima Ribeiro sneaked a free kick from 20 yards out around the wall and just out of reach of Bingham's outstretched arms in the 89th minute. Bingham trained with the US U-23s from Nov. 2 through Nov. 16 as head coach Caleb Porter worked to find a pool of players for 2012 Olympic qualifying.
“Our main objective was to bring the group together to start the process for London 2012,” U.S. Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna told USSoccer.com. “Just having them here was great and we got to know them individually as well as collectively.”
“We got to train them at a pretty high intensity throughout the week and give them two competitive games. It was a treat to work with these players and we look forward to building from here towards qualifying in March.”
Match: U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team vs. U-23 Bayer Leverkusen
Date: Nov. 15, 2011
Competition: Scrimmage
Venue: Ulrich Haberland Stadium; Leverkusen, Germany
Kickoff: 2:30 p.m.
Attendance: 200
Weather: 60 degrees, sunny
<strong>1st Half</strong> |
<strong>2nd Half</strong> |
<strong>Final</strong> |
|
<strong>USA</strong> |
0 |
1 |
1 |
<strong>BAY</strong> |
0 |
1 |
1 |
USA – Terrence Boyd (Mikkel Diskerud) 72nd minute
BAY – Leonardo Lima Ribeiro 89
Lineups:
USA: 1-David Bingham; 4-Sheanon Williams, 2-Gale Agbossoumonde, 5-Royal-Dominique Fennell, 3-Zarek Valentin; 6-Amobi Okugo (capt.), 8-Jared Jeffrey, 10-Dilly Duka (16-Mikkel Diskerud, 61); 7-Tony Taylor (14-Joe Corona, 61), 12-Andrew Wooten (9-Terrence Boyd, 67), 11-Juan Agudelo (15-Joe Gyau, 61)
Subs not used: 17-Perry Kitchen, 18-Sean Johnson
Head coach: Claudio Reyna
BAY: 1-David Yelldell (capt.); 6-Timur Temeltas, 2-Daniel Schwab (12-Rico Weiler, 58), 15-Tobias Haitz (4-Gerrit Nauber, 46), 3-Bastian Oczipka (5-Patrick Ziesing, 58); 8-Erik Zenga (16-Leonardo Lima Ribeiro, 67), 19-Kolja Pusch (13-Niko Opper, 67), 10-Michael J. Ortega Dieppa (14-Abdelkader Maouel, 46); 17-Oliver Lanwer (7-Volkan Okumak, 58), 9-Samed Yesil (18-Hamadi Al Ghaddioui, 58), 11-Sebastian Hirsch (20-Alfonso Marte, 67)
Subs Not Used: 21-Patrick Nettekoven
Head coach: Matthias Mink
Stats Summary: USA / BAY
Shots: 5 / 4
Shots on Goal: 3 / 4
Saves: 3 / 2
Corner Kicks: 2 / 3
Fouls: 10 / 13
Offside: 2 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Gale Agbossoumonde (caution) 89th minute
BAY – Leonardo Lima Ribeiro (caution) 89
Officials:
Referee: Christian Fischer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Bastian Börner (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Sören Storks (GER)
