Word: mastroeni
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...Arena thought that the Americans had taken control of the match after initially knotting the score. Yet for the first half hour of the match, the Americans hadn't mustered much offense. Beasley, playing central midfield in place of the suspended Pablo Mastroeni, looked tentative for most of the game. And when the U.S. lost Reyna late in the half, their passing game just wasn't the same, although Arena praised the play of Ben Olsen, who came on in relief...
...result can often defy the betting line. That was the case in their scintillating 1-1 draw with Italy in Kaiserslautern, in which the Americans finished with 9 men on the field (that would be 2 less than they started with, if you're keeping score) after Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope were thrown out of the game for rough tackles. The Americans were thus forced to play a man short - Italy's Daniele DeRossi got the gate earlier for trying to rearrange Brian McBride's face with his elbow. McBride looked like a hockey player who took a stick...
...minute Carlos Bocanegra went close with a shot. That was enough for Italian coach Marcelo Lippi, who withdrew stud striker Francesco Totti in the 35th minute and put on his Rotweiller, Gennaro Gattuso, a rough defensive midfielder. Gattuso had barely begun hacking people when the sides were equal, Pablo Mastroeni being dismissed in the 45th minute for what was deemed a harsh tackle, but in reality may have been referee Jor Larrionda's way of making the sides even...
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