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Holland Tops U.S. 1-0 in International Friendly

AMSTERDAM (Wednesday, February 18, 2004) - Arjen Robben scored in the 57th minute after beating Frankie Hejduk on the left wing as the Holland topped the U.S. 1-0 in the Amsterdam ArenA this evening. The U.S. was playing bend but don't break defense for most of the match, and nearly equalized as DaMarcus Beasley, Bobby Convey and Josh Wolff began creating chances.

Ruud van Nistelrooy put the ball in the back of the net twice - but on the first occassion he was offide and on the second he clearly handled the ball into the net. Eddie Pope, who fell ill just before the team left the hotel today, Jonny Walker, Conor Casey and John O'Brien were the scratches from today's match. O'Brien tweaked his right hamstring in trainging with Ajax on Friday.

OTHER SCORES
Halftime -- England 0-0 Portugal
Brazil 0-0 Ireland
Czech Republic 2-2 Italy
Denmark 1-0 Turkey
Germany 2-1 Croatia
Morocco 2-1 Switzerland
Albania 2-0 Sweden
Greece 2-0 Bulgaria
France 2-0 Belgium
Poland 2-0 Slovenia
Norway 4-1 Northern Ireland
Wales 4-0 Scotland

Our result today was not horrible given Hollands past results at this venue.Tactics were similar to what Northwestern attempted against Irmo in last years state final.We almost snuck one in at the end as you said.
An aggressive attacking style against this team in Amsterdam probably gets you a spanking---ask the Scots,who were on the receiving end of a 6-0 thrashing in November.

I believe, that one of the National team players - Bobby Convey is looking to buy a home in Mt Pleasant.

That's what I have heard as well. Former Brookland-Cayce standout Troy Lesesne, now a rising senior for the Cougars at the College of Charleston, is good friends with Convey and mentioned the same thing to me recently.