Mexico defeats Ecuador in friendly; USA held to draw against Guatemala
29.3.07 - Mexico defeated Ecuador by a score of 4:2 in an international friendly at the McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, California USA on Wednesday evening.
A crowd of 47,416 saw Francisco Palencia open the scoring for Mexico in the 29th minute, but Carlos Tenorio tied it for Ecuador just before halftime.
Ecuador took the lead with a goal by Giovanny Espinoza in the 57th minute, but Rafael Márquez leveled for Mexico in the 72nd minute.
Omar Bravo (83rd) and Adolfo Bautista (87th) scored in a span of four minutes for the tricolor in the victory.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, the USA were held to a scoreless draw against visiting Guatemala at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.
The result ended the stars & stripes’ seven game winning streak on US soil against the chapines.
Guatemala, Mexico and USA are in preparations for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ which will run from 6-24 June.
Friendlies
28.03.2007: Oakland, California USA; McAfee Coliseum (A: 47416)
MEXICO – ECUADOR 4:2 (1:1)
Francisco PALENCIA 29’; Rafael MÁRQUEZ 72’; Omar BRAVO 83’; Adolfo BAUTISTA 87’ – Carlos TENORIO 44’; Giovanny ESPINOZA 57’
MEX: Guillermo Ochoa – Ricardo Osorio, Jonny Magallón (89: Joaquín Beltrán), Rafael Márquez, Jared Borgetti (46: Adolfo Bautista), Oscar Rojas, Gerardo Galindo (71: Gonzalo Pineda), Fernando Arce (46: Alberto Medina), Andrés Guardado, Francisco Palencia (46: Omar Bravo), Israel López (88: Israel Castro 88’). Booked: Palencia 22’, Márquez 79’
TD: Hugo SÁNCHEZ
ECU: Roris Aragón – Iván Hurtado (49: Jorge Guagua), Ulises De La Cruz, Luis Caicedo, Edison Méndez, Felipe Caicedo (59: Edmundo Zura) (68: Luis Fernando Saritama), Segundo Castillo, Antonio Valencia (88: Oscar Bagüi), Giovanny Espinoza, Neicer Carrasco, Carlos Tenorio, (46: Félix Borja). Booked: Valencia 8’, Reasco 40’
TD: Luis Fernando SUÁREZ
R: Baldomero TOLEDO (USA)
28.03.2007: Frisco, Texas USA; Pizza Hut Park (A: 10932)
USA – GUATEMALA 0:0
USA: Kasey Keller – Frank Simek, Jay DeMerit, Jimmy Conrad, Jonathan Spector (74: Wade Barrett), Clint Dempsey, Benny Feilhaber (59: Kenny Cooper), Michael Bradley, Justin Mapp, Landon Donovan, Ed Johnson (67: Brian Mullan). Booked: DeMerit 50’
TD: Bob BRADLEY
GUA: Ricardo Trigueño – Henry Medina, Pablo Melgar, Gustavo Cabrera, Claudio Albizuris, Leonel Noriega, Freddy Thompson, José Contreras, Carlos Figueroa, Carlos Quinonez, Carlos Ruiz (90: Dwight Pezzarossi). Booked: Figueroa 34’, Medina 69’, Melgar 71’, Trigueño 90’+
TD: Hernán Dario GOMEZ
R: Benito ARCHUNDIA (MEX)
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