Saturday, July 14, 2007
Austria | 2 | 1 | United States |
Attendance | 19,526 in Toronto‘s National Soccer Stadium |
Goalscorers for Austria | Okotie (43′), Hoffer (105′) |
Goalscorers for United States | Altidore (15′) |
Bookings (Austria) | Kavlak 33′, Junuzovic 44′, Stanlislaw 70′, Madl 115′, Hoffer 122′ (Yellow (5)) |
Bookings (United States) | Rogers 46’+, Wallace 50′, Szetela 52′, Bradley 56′, Sturgis 72′, Wallace 104′, Valentin 113′ (Yellow (7)); Wallace 104′ (Red (1)) |
Austria beat the United States 2-1 to advance to the Semi Finals of the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup.
The Americans opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a cross coming off the left flank to New York Red Bull forward Josmer Altidore. Just before halftime, Rubin Okotie leveled the score at 1-1. There was no scoring second half.
With the score level at 1 goal each, the game went into extra time. After 13 minutes into the 1st extra frame and a sending off for a second yellow card, Erwin Hoffer came off the bench and scored the game winner.
Austria will play either Czech Republic or Spain in the Semi Finals