Goal and Highlights: USA 1-0 Bosnia Herzegovina in Friendly Game 2021

Thank you for following the friendly game between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

USA 1-0 Bosnia

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United States Goal

Bassett takes advantage of the goalkeeper's rebound inside the six-yard box and pushes the ball into the net.

Gómez in, Bello out, USA change

Maksimovic and Ovcina come in.

Lukic and Dokanovic come out.

Acosta is encouraged with a mid-range shot that goes high.

Cowell and Bassett to the field 

Morris and Ferreira come on

United States changes

 

Cosic enters and Nukic comes out, Bosnia and Herzgovina changes.

Walker Zimmerman and Jesus Ferreira have been cautioned.

Jovo Lukic's deflected shot from a set piece.

Zardes, Reynolds and Yueill are in.

Pepi, Lennon and Cardoso come out.

United States changes.

A corner kick that Igor Savic finishes off in an untidy manner.

American dominance, but still with one too many they do not reflect it on the board.

The second half begins between the United States and Bosnia.

USA 0-0 Bosnia

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Amar Begic is ejected for a hard tackle.

Jovo Lukic's solid header is saved by the goalkeeper.

Morris' cross into the six-yard box is miraculously saved by the goalkeeper with his leg.

The rebound is left to Josip Corluka, who smashes the ball into the goalkeeper's hands.

Jovo Lukic's shot from half distance goes over the top.

Pepi's shot from half distance goes wide.

Bosnia counter-attack and Sulejman Krpic's mid-range shot is saved by the goalkeeper.

Acosta takes advantage of the rebound to put in a shot that goes wide.

The United States dominated the first few minutes of the match, although they were still unable to generate danger.

The match between the USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina kicks off.

At this moment, under the FIFA anthem, the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina take the field for the friendly to kick off in a few minutes.

We are minutes away from the start of the game between the USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina, corresponding to the last friendly of the year.

The United States and Bosnia have met twice in the last decade:

In 2018, they played to a scoreless draw and, in 2013, the Stars and Stripes pulled out the win by a score of 4-3.

17 Justin Che

9 Gyasi Zardes

18 Jonathan Gomez

12 Gabriel Slonina

21 Cade Cowell

14 Auston Trusty

15 Caden Clark

22 Taylor Booth

19 Bryan Reynolds

20 Kobi Henry

8 Jackson Yueill

11 Cole Bassett

8 Mehmed Cosic

16 Vedran Vrhovac

12 Belmin Dizdarevic

14 Marijan Cavar

10 Sasa Maksimovic

7 Haris Ovcina

17 Selmir Pidro

1 Nikola Cetkovic, 4 Ajdin Nukic, 3 Numan Kurdic, 6 Aleksandar Vojinovic, 5 Hrvoje Barisic, 15 Andrej Dokanovic, 2 Josip Corluka, 13 Amar Begic, 11 Sulejman Krpic, 18 Igor Savic, 9 Jovo Lukic.

1 Matt Turner, 4 Henry Kessler, 3 Walker Zimmerman, 5 George Bello, 2 Brooks Lennon, 6 Johnny, 7 Jesús Ferreira, 10 Cristian Roldan, 13 Jordan Morris, 23 Kellyn Acosta, 16 Ricardo Pepi.

While the player of the year once again goes to Chelsea's Christian Pulisic.

2017 🏆
2019 🏆
2021 🏆
@cpulisic_10 is your 2021 @BioSteelSports Male Player of the Year!

He’s the youngest 3x winner of the award » https://t.co/1CBYla1E9G pic.twitter.com/EQXHLcy8r8

— U.S. Soccer MNT (@USMNT) December 19, 2021

Striker Pepi took home this magnificent distinction:

El Tren kept a-rollin’. 🚂

🏆 @Ricardo_Pepi9 is the 2021 @ChipotleTweets Male Youth Player of the Year! » https://t.co/1CBYla1E9G pic.twitter.com/O28971h8wt

— U.S. Soccer MNT (@USMNT) December 19, 2021

Last November, Bosnia had its last qualifying match as it was already eliminated from Qatar 2022 after finishing second last with only 7 points, 11 behind leaders France.

The match will be played in a not-so-freezing climate due to the fact that they will be playing at the Dignity Health Tennis Center, home stadium of the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS.

The last national team friendly of the year on the American continent will take place this Saturday when the United States takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.

In a few moments we will bring you all the details and the best minute by minute, as well as the line-ups and exclusive news.

The match will be broadcast on TUDN USA and Fox Sports 1. 

If you want to follow it LIVE online, VAVEL USA is your best option. 

These were the 11 players who took the field in the last match of the visitors: 

N. VASILJ; 4. M. SUŠIĆ, 3. D. HADZIKADUNIC, 19. A. KOVAČEVIĆ, 16. A. AHMEDHODZIC, 18. A. HADŽIAHMETOVIĆ, 21. S. PRCIĆ, 10. A. GOJAK, 20. M. STEVANOVIĆ, 7. L. MENALO and 23. E. DEMIROVIĆ.

These were the 11 players who took the field for the North American team: 

1. Z. STEFFEN; 5. A. ROBINSON, 15. C. RICHARDS, 3. W. ZIMMERMAN, 2. D. YEDLIN, 16. G. BUSIO, 4. T. ADAMS, 6. Y. MUSAH, 11. B. AARONSON, 9. R. PEPI and 20. T. WEAH.

Bosnia's best player is Edin Dzeko, who despite the team's circumstances has played well for both his national team and his club, currently Inter Milan.

In the United States, the player who revolutionizes every game is none other than Christian Pulisic, who is one of the game's top stars and currently plays for England's Chelsea.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives in a bad moment, dragging a couple of defeats and will try to match the United States in the best possible way. 

The previous match, they were defeated by Ukraine with a score of 2-0.

It has been a good year for the United States team in terms of results, they have won important matches, finals and close as one of the best in CONCACAF. 
In the last game they tied against Jamaica to one goal.

The USA vs Bosnia match will be played at the stadium Dignity Health Sports Park, in California, USA with a capacity of 27,000 people. 

It is a multipurpose stadium located in Carson that is called "the cathedral of soccer", since it is the largest soccer-specific stadium in the country.

In addition to the soccer stadium, it has a 2,500-seat velodrome and a 13,000-seat tennis stadium.

It is the home stadium of the Los Angeles Galaxy, and previously of Major League Soccer's Chivas USA.

 

My name is Salvador Espino and I’ll be your host for this game.

We will provide you with pre-game analysis, score updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.

It is the last match for the U.S. national team in 2021, so they will want to close a good year of soccer with a victory against a Bosnian team that has not had a great moment in recent matches. 
Can the U.S. team easily pull out the victory at home?