EAST HARTFORD, United States, Oct 11 (AFP): The United States played to a 1-1 draw with Ecuador Friday in a friendly football match that served as US icon Landon Donovan's international farewell.
Donovan started the match wearing the captain's armband and played 40 minutes.
He started the play that saw Mix Diskerud put the Americans up 1-0 in the fifth minute. Donovan's cross across the goalmouth was collected by Jozy Altidore, who cut a short pass to DeAndre Yedlin, who put the ball into the path of Norwegian-born Diskerud. The lead stood up until the 88th minute, when Enner Valencia grabbed the equaliser for Ecuador.
Donovan came close to scoring in the 25th minute, as Diskerud's through ball was backheeled by Altidore toward Donovan, whose attempt bounced off the inside of the post.
But when he jogged off the pitch in the 40th minute, 36,000 fans at Rentschler Field were on their feet, waving their Donovan signs and chanting his name.
US draw 1-1 with Ecuador
FE Team | Published: October 12, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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