The United States national team will be traveling to Africa for the first time in eight years when they face 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa in a friendly on November 17th in Johannesburg.
The U.S. have only played three matches in Africa, two out of the three were against Morocco. They lost each time. Most recently they played in Marrakech and lost 2-1 to Marrakech Express. Waldo (Eric Wynalda) scored the Yanks only goal of the contest. In their only match against South Africa, USA whooped Bafana and Bafana 4-0.
“It is a great honor to be invited to participate in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup,” said U.S. head coach Bob Bradley. “South Africa has always had a talented team, and the match represents an excellent opportunity for our players to travel and play in South Africa.”
The U.S. will return to South Africa again one year prior to the World Cup for the Confederations Cup, having qualified by winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup this year.
The U.S.'s next scheduled match is at Switzerland on October 17, after the match against the not-so "autonomous community" Catalonia was cancelled by the Spanish Football Federation.
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