Austria vs. United States: Score, Grades and Post-Match Reaction

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Published: November 19, 2013

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Marc Janko’s 33rd-minute goal stood as the winner as Austria prevailed 1-0 over the United States at the final whistle of Tuesday’s international friendly in Vienna, Austria.

The Americans, however, will send a delegation to Brazil’s Bahia state for next month’s World Cup Group Stage draw while Austria will direct their efforts to qualifying for the 2016 European Championship, having missed out on next summer’s finals.



Janko, Martin Harnik and Marko Arnautovic combined to create a nice bit of buildup play just two minutes after kickoff, and barely three minutes later Janko, having been sprung by Harnik, lashed a shot just over the crossbar.

The United States quickly settled into the match, though, and quite nearly found themselves in front when Jozy Altidore blazed an effort from distance over the Austria goal.

Then, in the 16th minute, the guests thought they had taken the lead when Geoff Cameron’s header from Michael Bradley’s corner-kick looked to have crossed the line. Even if Austria goalkeeper Robert Almer had, in fact, made the save in time, replays showed Arnautovic might have been penalized for handball as well.



Nevertheless, play was allowed to continue, and shortly after the hour-mark it was the hosts who opened the scoring at Ernst-Happell-Stadion.

David Alaba—operating as a midfielder rather than at left-back, which he typically does at Bayern Munich—was the architect of the goal, finding Gyorgy Garics down the right with an accurate pass. Garics then played in a lovely cross that Janko had little difficulty diverting into goal.



With just two minutes remaining in the opening period, Bradley came close to capping off a nice piece of buildup with an equalizing goal, only for his shot to be blocked by a defender.

Despite coming out after the restart with the advantage, i...
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