Half Time: U.S.-Sweden
Sacha Kljestan hopes Glasgow Celtic watched his first half performance.
The Chivas USA midfielder, who just returned from training with the Scottish powerhouse, scored with a 35-yard blast of a free kick in the 17th minute and followed up with a 40th minute penalty kick after defender Marvell Wynne was brought down by Swedish defender Adam Johansson.
It was his first two goals for the senior team - the first time that's happened in one game since August 1988 when Frank Klopas grabbed a pair for the U.S. in a World Cup qualifier against Jamaica - and the first in particular was a sight to behold, soaring unstoppably into the top right hand corner.
The U.S. handled the meek Swedes easily, holding them to just one shot on target.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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