MLS Side defeated Chel$ki FC in a pre-season (for Chelsea) friendly.
Texas represented as Houston Dynamo midfielder Dwayne De Rosario scored the goal assisted by Ronnie O'Brien from FC Dallas.
According to times of London:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2301599,00.html
WITHIN two hours of last night's mildly embarrassing defeat by the ramshackle MLS All-Stars, Chelsea were on a charter flight heading home, their American tour behind them and pre-season clashes with Feyenoord and Celtic to come, on Tuesday and Wednesday in Rotterdam and London respectively. No matter. For all their lackadaisical failings against an ad-hoc team filleted by injuries, yesterday offered a glimpse into Chelsea's future.
The nimble Americans, who had trained together just twice, took advantage of Paulo Ferreira's unfamiliarity with his role and the otherwise excellent Los Angeles Galaxy dynamo Chris Albright missed horribly in the 39th minute when he clipped Richard Mulrooney's expert through ball inches wide of Carlo Cudicini's post.
In the 70th minute De Rosario collected Irishman Ronnie O'Brien's throw in, twisted around John Obi Mikel's challenge and, 20 yards out, beat Hilario on his near post.
Serbia drove through Nico Elvedi's own objective in first-half stoppage time and Aleksandar Mitrovic multiplied the benefit before Predrag Rajkovic saved a punishment from Swiss striker Breel Embolo. Serbia took a giant stride towards survival in the UEFA Nations League top-flight by securing a 2-0 victory over near rivals Switzerland - their first-ever head-to-head win. With Serbia and Switzerland essentially competing against each other to avoid relegation from Group A4, you’d have been forgiven for expecting a brighter start from two sides desperate to beat the other. It turned out to be quite the opposite though, as the only bright spot in an incredibly dull start came when Veljko Birmancevic ’s tame effort was easily gathered by Gregor Kobel . It took until just after the half-hour mark for the game's first big chance to arrive, but it was wasted by Breel Embolo who skewed wide after he was teed up by Silvan Widmer . That ...
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