With Switzerland already secured a position for Euro 2008 as co-host, the Swiss national team uses the qualification matchdays as an oppurtunity to schedule friendlies with other national teams to warm up for the Euro Cup. On October 17th, Switzerland faced off with the US national team, a team that has a terrible record while playing on European soil.
However, the "stars and stripes" managed to make history with a 1-0 win against the Swiss in Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday October 17th.
The only goal of the match of the match was scored by American midfielder Michael Bradley, son of the national team coach Bob Bradley, when "he bundled the ball across the line in the 86th minute following a defensive mix-up."
Check out this youtube video of Bradley's goal.
This was also the first win by the US in seven attempts against Switzerland.
"There is nothing much good to say about that match and it hurts that we weren't able to get more of a grip on it," Switzerland coach Koebi Kuhn commented to reporters. "There are always going to be problems when you are missing some key players but it's not to say we should have lost this match because of that."
According to an article on FIFA's website, Switzerland was missing eight of their regular starting players due to injury including top scorer Alex Frei and central defenders Philippe Senderos and Patrick Mueller.
Meanwhile, US national team player Michael Bradley has finally ended months of accusations to his father regarding nepotism. Micahel Bradley also played a part in the 2007 Gold Cup this past summer but was unable to convince American soccer fans during that competition.
"It was a tough match with both teams making it difficult for the other," Coach Bradley commented. "What is important for us is we can find the way to win games like this."
Check out this youtube video containing highlights from the entire game as presented by Fox Soccer Channel.
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