At last, USA beats Mexico in Azteca! [Aug 15, 2012]

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[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY] Michael Orozco Fiscal was the unlikely hero with his first international goal in the 80th minute to give the USA an unlikely 1-0 win over Mexico for its first ever win at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium. Orozco Fiscal scored three minutes after he came on at left back, scoring on a back heel from Terrence Boyd after Brek Shea megged his defender. Goalie Tim Howard preserved the win with two fantastic saves on Javier Hernandez..

Second Half:
90th minute -- Lugo header easily saved by Howard.
89th minute --
Howard saves against on Chicharito, palming away header.
89th minute --
U.S. substitution: Corona for Jones.
85th minute --
Mexico substitution: Perez for Meza.
85th minute --
Howard saves Chicharito's shot on line after ball deflected off Edu.
82nd minute -- Zusi handed yellow card.
80th minute --
Orozco Fiscal puts the USA ahead, scoring on a back heel from Boyd after Shea beat his defender down left wing (USA 1-0)
78th minute -- U.S. substitution: Shea for Gomez.
77th minute -- U.S. substitution: Orozco Fiscal for Castillo.
76th minute --
Chicharito wide open in from but fails to put J.Hernandez's cross on target.
73rd minute --
Mexico substitution: De Nigris for Reyna.
69th minute --
Jones with obligatory yellow card for foul on Zavala.
63rd minute --
Chicharito eludes Cameron, drawing foul on edge of area, but Guardado's bending free kick goes wide.
61st minute --
Ochoa stops Gomez's free kick, then Beckerman's shot goes over bar.
60th minute --
U.S. substitution: Zusi for Williams.
56th minute --
Cameron flicks away cross with Chicharito lurking in front.
53rd minute --
Gomez shoots wildly with Boyd open in front.
53rd minute --
Howard stops Lugo's blast, one of few Mexico's shots on target.
46th minute --
U.S. substitutions: Beasley for Donovan, Boyd for Torres; Mexico substitutions: E.Hernandez for Barrera, Lugo for Viniegra.

Talk about a game being upstaged: Mexico's gold-medalists are introduced at the half to wild cheers and fireworks.

First Half:
Edu and Cameron doing good job on Chicharito, but Guardado and Reyna are getting too much of the ball ...
31st minute --
Gomez draws foul -- and yellow card -- on Rodriguez.
Little sustained U.S. possession. Almost all chances follow Mexico fouls in its half ...
27th minute --
Torres Milo shoots wide after Jones turns the ball over in midfield.
27th minute -- Edu gets the worst of a collision with Howard on a collision in the area.
Guardado getting more of the ball in the U.S. third ...
14th minute --
USA yellow card: Edu for foul on Chicharito.
11th minute --
Azteca fans want penalty for foul by Cameron on Chicharito but referee isn't buying it.
6th minute --
Ochoa saves Castillo's shot from distance.
5th minute --
Gomez free in the box following free kick but nudged as he shoots and attempt goes wide.
1st minute --
Jones fouls Reyna at the edge of the penalty area in first 20 seconds, but free kick goes into wall.

Lineups:
Mexico -- Ochoa; Meza, Rodriguez, Moreno, Torres Nilo; Zavala, Viniegra, Guardado, Barrera; Reyna, J.Hernandez.
USA -- Howard; Johnson, Cameron, Edu, Castillo; Donovan, Jones, Beckerman, Williams, Torres; Gomez.