
United States vs Turkey, International Friendly
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USA 2-1 Turkey
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Foul by Selcuk Inan (Turkey).
- 4': Jermaine Jones (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Attempt missed. Mevlut Erding (Turkey) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oguzhan Ozyakup.
- 6': Delay in match (USA).
- 6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 7': Onur Kivrak (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Jozy Altidore (USA).
- 8': Attempt saved. Oguzhan Ozyakup (Turkey) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 8': Foul by Tarik Camdal (Turkey).
- 8': Brad Davis (USA) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 11': Tarik Camdal (Turkey) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 11': Foul by Geoff Cameron (USA).
- 12': Nuri Sahin (Turkey) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Hakan Balta.
- 13': Delay in match Hakan Balta (Turkey) because of an injury.
- 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 14': Corner, USA. Conceded by Hakan Balta.
- 15': Onur Kivrak (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Jozy Altidore (USA).
- 16': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Timothy Chandler.
- 17': Attempt saved. Mevlut Erding (Turkey) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gökhan Gönül.
- 20': Attempt missed. Selcuk Inan (Turkey) right footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Caner Erkin with a cross.
- 21': Attempt saved. Mevlut Erding (Turkey) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gökhan Gönül.
- 21': Attempt missed. Michael Bradley (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Graham Zusi.
- 22': Attempt missed. Tarik Camdal (Turkey) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Caner Erkin.
- 22': Attempt missed. Caner Erkin (Turkey) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 25': Brad Davis (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Foul by Nuri Sahin (Turkey).
- 26': Goal! USA 1, Turkey 0. Fabian Johnson (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Bradley with a through ball.
- 30': Foul by Ishak Dogan (Turkey).
- 30': Graham Zusi (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Attempt missed. Clint Dempsey (USA) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Michael Bradley.
- 31': Foul by Hakan Balta (Turkey).
- 31': Jozy Altidore (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 32': Onur Kivrak (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Clint Dempsey (USA).
- 34': Attempt blocked. Tarik Camdal (Turkey) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mevlut Erding.
- 34': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Matt Besler.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Hakan Balta (Turkey) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mevlut Erding.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Gökhan Gönül (Turkey) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Selcuk Inan.
- 36': Delay in match Jermaine Jones (USA) because of an injury.
- 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 37': Attempt saved. Clint Dempsey (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 38': Delay in match Caner Erkin (Turkey) because of an injury.
- 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 40': Hand ball by Nuri Sahin (Turkey).
- 41': Corner, USA. Conceded by Ishak Dogan.
- 44': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Timothy Chandler.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Caner Erkin (Turkey) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tarik Camdal.
- 45': Foul by Ozan Tufan (Turkey).
- 45': Clint Dempsey (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Selcuk Inan (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Michael Bradley (USA).
- 45': Delay in match Selcuk Inan (Turkey) because of an injury.
- 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45': Hand ball by Jermaine Jones (USA).
- 45': First Half ends, USA 1, Turkey 0.
- 45': Substitution, USA. Brad Guzan replaces Tim Howard.
- 45': Substitution, USA. John Anthony Brooks replaces Matt Besler.
- 45': Substitution, USA. Kyle Beckerman replaces Jermaine Jones.
- 0': Second Half begins USA 1, Turkey 0.
- 45': Substitution, Turkey. Ahmet Ilhan Özek replaces Ishak Dogan.
- 45': Substitution, Turkey. Mustafa Pektemek replaces Tarik Camdal.
- 45': Substitution, Turkey. Olcan Adin replaces Oguzhan Ozyakup.
- 47': Nuri Sahin (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Michael Bradley (USA).
- 48': Mustafa Pektemek (Turkey) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Foul by Kyle Beckerman (USA).
- 49': Mevlut Erding (Turkey) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 49': Foul by Geoff Cameron (USA).
- 51': Attempt saved. Mustafa Pektemek (Turkey) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nuri Sahin.
- 52': Goal! USA 2, Turkey 0. Clint Dempsey (USA) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 53': Attempt missed. Graham Zusi (USA) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Brad Davis with a cross.
- 54': Offside, USA. Michael Bradley tries a through ball, but Jozy Altidore is caught offside.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Gökhan Gönül (Turkey) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 55': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Brad Davis.
- 56': Delay in match Gökhan Gönül (Turkey) because of an injury.
- 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 59': Selcuk Inan (Turkey) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 59': Foul by Kyle Beckerman (USA).
- 60': Hakan Balta (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Jozy Altidore (USA).
- 60': Attempt saved. Gökhan Gönül (Turkey) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Caner Erkin.
- 60': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Brad Guzan.
- 62': Offside, USA. Timothy Chandler tries a through ball, but Clint Dempsey is caught offside.
- 63': Substitution, USA. Julian Green replaces Brad Davis.
- 64': Substitution, USA. DeAndre Yedlin replaces Fabian Johnson.
- 65': Hakan Balta (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Jozy Altidore (USA).
- 67': Foul by Michael Bradley (USA).
- 67': Olcan Adin (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (USA).
- 67': Olcan Adin (Turkey) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Julian Green (USA) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Foul by Nuri Sahin (Turkey).
- 69': Substitution, USA. Mix Diskerud replaces Graham Zusi.
- 70': Substitution, Turkey. Hakan Calhanoglu replaces Nuri Sahin.
- 71': Foul by Jozy Altidore (USA).
- 71': Hakan Balta (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Caner Erkin.
- 74': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Caner Erkin (Turkey) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 74': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Kyle Beckerman.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Caner Erkin.
- 74': Jozy Altidore (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey).
- 77': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by John Anthony Brooks.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Ahmet Ilhan Özek (Turkey) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 78': Clint Dempsey (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey).
- 79': Attempt blocked. Julian Green (USA) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Timothy Chandler.
- 80': Substitution, Turkey. Bilal Kisa replaces Mevlut Erding.
- 81': Attempt saved. Jozy Altidore (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mix Diskerud.
- 81': Corner, USA. Conceded by Onur Kivrak.
- 82': Delay in match Hakan Balta (Turkey) because of an injury.
- 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 83': Substitution, Turkey. Ugur Demirok replaces Hakan Balta because of an injury.
- 83': Attempt saved. Bilal Kisa (Turkey) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Selcuk Inan.
- 83': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Brad Guzan.
- 84': Attempt missed. Mustafa Pektemek (Turkey) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Caner Erkin with a cross following a corner.
- 85': Foul by John Anthony Brooks (USA).
- 85': Selcuk Inan (Turkey) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 86': Hand ball by Mix Diskerud (USA).
- 87': Clint Dempsey (USA) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Foul by Ozan Tufan (Turkey).
- 87': Corner, USA. Conceded by Gökhan Gönül.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Mustafa Pektemek (Turkey) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
- 89': Penalty conceded by Geoff Cameron (USA) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 90': Goal! USA 2, Turkey 1. Selcuk Inan (Turkey) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 90': Second Half ends, USA 2, Turkey 1.
- 0': Match ends, USA 2, Turkey 1.
Statistics
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11 | Fouls | 18 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 2 |
9 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
4 | Saves | 12 |
56.9 | Possession | 43.1 |
23 | SHOTS | 8 |
7 | ON GOAL | 4 |
0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
379 | Accurate Passes | 283 |
455 | Passes | 347 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
4 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
34 | Crosses | 17 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
52 | Long Balls | 51 |
36 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
10 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
10 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
12 | Tackles | 10 |
0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
0 | Interceptions | 0 |
11 | Effective Clearances | 37 |
11 | Clearances | 37 |
Game Information
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Red Bull Arena (USA)
Location: ,
Attendance: 26,762
Venue: Red Bull Arena (USA)
Location: ,
Attendance: 26,762
Line-Ups
United States (4-1-2-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Tim Howard (GK) |
5 | Matt Besler |
20 | Geoff Cameron |
13 | Jermaine Jones |
21 | Timothy Chandler |
23 | Fabian Johnson |
4 | Michael Bradley |
14 | Brad Davis |
19 | Graham Zusi |
8 | Clint Dempsey |
17 | Jozy Altidore |
Turkey (4-5-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
12 | Onur Recep Kivrak (GK) |
2 | Hakan Balta |
16 | Ozan Tufan |
3 | Íshak Dogan |
7 | Gökhan Gönül |
15 | Oguzhan Özyakup |
10 | Nuri Sahin |
8 | Selcuk Inan |
18 | Caner Erkin |
24 | Tarik Camdal |
9 | Mevlut Erdinç |
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