Westport’s Kyle Martino Leads U.S. 2-0 Soccer Victory

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

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Kyle Martino: Staples grad leads U.S. team to victory. File photoStaples grad Kyle Martino scored the first goal six minutes into the second half Wednesday night and the U.S. soccer team went on to a 2-0 victory over Panama at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.

The win was an anticlimactic end to the World Cup qualifying series since the U.S. team had already qualified with Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama already eliminated from contention.

Martino, a former national high school player of the year at Staples where he graduated in 1999, took advantage of Coach Bruce Arena’s decision to use the game to evaluate some little used players.

Martino was on the spot and showed perfect execution when Chris Albright slotted an aerial pass 10 yards from goal on the left. The Columbus Crew playmaker drove his first international goal inside goalkeeper Jaime Penedo off the near post.

Six minutes later, Taylor Twellman, who plays with the Revolution, had an open net after he beat Penedo to a poor back-pass. It was his first national team goal in his 14th appearance.

Arena’s lineup was purely experimental. Six starters had made fewer than 10 appearances prior to Wednesday. Martino got his seventh cap and his partner in the middle, Santino Quaranta, was in his eighth game for the United States.

The victory, coupled with Mexico’s 2-1 loss to Trinidad and Tobago helped the Americans finish atop the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for the first time since the final phase went to six teams in 1994.

News, Sports

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Westport’s Kyle Martino Leads U.S. 2-0 Soccer Victory

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