United States of America 1 - Honduras 0

The United State of America played a second consecutive home qualifier, this time in Sandy against Honduras.  Honduras had to rely on good goalkeeping by Noel Valladares to maintain contact with the United States in the early going.  A Fabian Johnson cross was one-timed by Eddie Johnson, but Valladares was able to dive across his line to parry the ball away for a corner.  Clint Dempsey (pictured, white) had multiple chances to score, but his headers just could not find the target in the first half.  A turnover by American centerback Matt Besler gave Andy Najar a chance to run the ball down the field for a shot, but he directed the ball straight at the goalkeeper.  The half ended as it began, 0-0.

Dempsey got a header on frame ten minutes into the half, but Valladares handled it cleanly off the bounce.  A goalmouth scramble later on led to a Dempsey header with Valladares on the floor, but the hand of Wilson Palacios (pictured, blue) got in the way of the shot without a handball infraction being issued by the referee.  With just over twenty minutes to go, Valladares denied a diving header chance by Dempsey yet again, this time off a nice cross from Graham Zusi.  The Yanks finally found their deserved opener four minutes later.  A soft through ball from Dempsey was ever so slightly pushed on by Zusi to Fabian Johnson on the endline.  Fabian Johnson cut the ball back for Jozy Altidore, who passed the ball into the net for the most delicate goal the powerful Americans may ever score.  The United States hold on and win 1-0 for their third win out of three June qualifiers as they currently top the CONCACAF final round table.

Goals
United States of America
Jozy Altidore 73

Match Reports:
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/6/18/4443500/usa-vs-honduras-2013-final-score-world-cup-qualifying
http://americansoccernow.com/articles/united-states-beats-the-bunker-to-defeat-Honduras

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KEGgLok1aY