USA vs. Mexico: Last Time Out - Sept. 3, 2005

With the USA and Mexico set to renew their rivalry on February 7 in Glendale, Ariz., relive the teams' last meeting, when the U.S. posted a 2-0 win on September 3, 2005, to clinch a berth in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

• Steve Ralston and DaMarcus Beasley Score for U.S.
• U.S. Becomes First CONCACAF Team to Qualify for World Cup
• Keller Extends 2006 WCQ Shutout Streak

The last time they faced Mexico, the U.S. Men’s National Team earned a berth to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany with a 2-0 victory in front of a raucous sold-out crowd of 24,685 fans at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. After a scoreless first half, Steve Ralston and DaMarcus Beasley scored in a six-minute span to qualify the U.S. for their fifth consecutive World Cup. It marked the first time since 1934 that the U.S. was the first team from the CONCACAF region to qualify for the World Cup. The U.S. became the eighth country to qualify for the 32-team FIFA World Cup.

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- Photo Gallery
- Post Match Quotes

HISTORY vs. Mexico Win Loss Tie All-time Record 12 29 10 World Cup 1 0 0 World Cup Qualifying 4 14 5 Gold Cup 1 2 0 Copa America 0 0 1 Confederations Cup 0 1 0 Other Competition 6 12 4 All-time Home Record 10 6 8 All-time Away Record 0 22 1 All-time Neutral Record 2 1 1

GOALS U.S. Mexico All-time Goals 56 115 WCQ Goals 26 63 World Cup Goals 2 0 Other Goals 28 52       SHUTOUTS U.S. Mexico USA vs. Mex. WCQ Shutouts 4 9 USA vs. Mex. World Cup Shutouts 1 0 USA vs. Mex. Other Comp. Shutouts 9 11 USA vs. Mexico All-time Shutouts 14 20

LAST TIME THEY MET…

USA Stats			USA SUBS	MEXICO SUBS		Mexico Stats
Shots	11		74, 25-Mastroeni > 21-Donovan	58, 22-Medina > 17-Fonseca		Shots	7
Saves	2		81, 23-Quaranta > 19-Ralston	59, 16-Mendez > 2-Rodriguez		Saves	4
Corner Kicks	2		90+, 11-Cunningham > 20-McBride	69, 10-Bravo > 7-Naelson		Corner Kicks	4
Fouls	20					Fouls	18
Offside	1					Offside	6
Scoring	Min.					Scoring	Min.
Ralston	53					None.
Beasley	58
Head Coach:						Head Coach:
Bruce Arena						Ricardo LaVolpe

LAST TIME…
USA vs. Mexico
Sept. 3, 2005 – Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio – 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
USA    2 Steve Ralston 53', DaMarcus Beasley 58'
MEX    0
Att: 24,685 (Sell Out)

USA: 18-Kasey Keller; 2-Frankie Hejduk, 22-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Gregg Berhalter, 7-Eddie Lewis; 19-Steve Ralston (23-Santino Quaranta, 81), 10-Claudio Reyna (capt.), 14-Chris Armas, 17-DaMarcus Beasley; 21-Landon Donovan (25-Pablo Mastroeni, 74), 20-Brian McBride (11-Jeff Cunningham, 90+)
Subs not used: 1-Marcus Hahnemann, 4-Carlos Bocanegra, 12-Jimmy Conrad, 13-Taylor Twellman
Head Coach: Bruce Arena

MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 2-Francisco Rodriguez (16-Mario Mendez, 59), 4-Rafael Marquez (capt.), 5-Duilio Davino, 3-Carlos Salcido; 6-Gerardo Torrado, 11-Ramon Morales, 20-Gerardo Galindo, 7-Antonio Naelson (10-Omar Bravo, 69), 17-Francisco Fonseca (22-Alberto Medina, 58), 9-Jared Borgetti
Subs not used: 12-Moises Munoz, 14-Gonzalo Pineda, 19-Oscar Rojas, 23-Luis Perez
Head Coach: Ricardo LaVolpe