No cool island breeze blowing over the Home Depot Center today, as the United States brought the gale force winds and blew through Barbados 8-0 in the home leg of their 2010 World Cup qualifier.
Brian Ching and Clint Dempsey each scored a brace. And Michael Bradley, Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson each added a goal and a late own goal rounded out the scoring against the bearded island minnows.
Tim Howard, who had a spectacular match against Argentina a week ago, was a scratch due to a back strain sustained in training. Chivas USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan got the nod, but didn't need to make a single save.
Do they even have to play the second leg in Barbados? Sounds like the away match on June 22nd would be an excellent time to get a look at a few new players in the national team pool, Mr. Bradley. Please.
Dempsey's 55-second goals was the fastest-ever for the U.S. Men's National Team in FIFA World Cup qualifying. The 8-goal margin of victory is also the largest margin of victory for the MNT in FIFA World Cup qualifying, with the last 8-goal game coming in an 8-1 win on Nov. 14, 1993, against the Cayman Islands.
MATCH REPORT
| TEAM | 1st half | 2nd half | Final |
| USA | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| BRB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scoring:
USA – Dempsey (Bocanegra) 1.
USA – Bradley 12.
USA – Ching (Mastroeni) 20.
USA – Donovan 59.
USA – Dempsey 63.
USA – Johnson (Pearce)82.
USA – Own goal (Daryl Ferguson) 86.
USA – Ching (Cherundolo) 89.
Misconduct Summary:
BRB – Forde (caution) 18.
USA – Onyewu (caution) 18.
BRB – Neblett (caution) 59.
BRB – Marshall (caution) 79.
Lineups:
USA: 18-Brad Guzan; 6-Steve Cherundolo, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra, 15-Heath Pearce; 10-Landon Donovan (9-Eddie Jonson, 81), 12-Michael Bradley, 4-Pablo Mastroeni (16-Freddy Adu, 26), 17-DaMarcus Beasley; 11-Brian Ching, 8-Clint Dempsey (7-Eddie Lewis, 72)
BRB: 1-Alvin Rouse; 2-Dyson James, 3-Daryl Ferguson, 4-Greg Belle, 5-Bryan Neblett; 8-Jonathan Forte (13-Riviere Williams, 69), 10-Norman Forde (Capt.) (12-Malcolm Marshall, 72), 11-Jonathon Nurse (17-John Parris, 76), 15-Rommelle Burgess; 7-Paul Ifill, 9-Mark McCammon.
| STATS | USA | BRB |
| Shots | 22 | 2 |
| Shots(OG) | 14 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 7 |
| Corners | 7 | 2 |
| Fouls | 15 | 12 |
| Offside | 5 | 4 |
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