Football: World Cup - United States 1 Iran 2
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Goal: McBride 87
Yellow card: 1 (Regis).
Red cards: 0
Corners: 9
Offside: 2
Free-kicks (against): 8
Coach: Steve Sampson
Goals: Estili 40, Mahdavikia 84
Yellow cards: 2 (Minavand Chal, Zarincheh)
Red cards: 0
Corners: 1
Offside: 0
Free-kicks (against): 21
Coach: Jalal Talebi
Running commentary
1 min: USA force first corner but shot from Moore blocked.
3 min: McBride header from free kick hit top of Iran bar.
4 min: Jones left wing run, cut-back fails to find colleague.
7 min: Minavand Chal first Iran booking, foul
13 min: Mahdavikia forces way through, ball kicked away by Keller.
17 min: Regis booked for foul.
18 min: Bagheri long-range free-kick, gathered by Keller.
20 min: Azizi shakes off Dooley and tumbles under challenge from Keller but referee waves play on.
28 min: Bagheri tries luck with long-range free-kick again, this time over.
31 min: Hejduk delivers dangerous cross into Iran area but McBride unable to connect.
33 min: Reyna hits left-foot shot from 25 yards and hits foot of Iran post.
40 min: Estili header beats Keller high to his right following cross from Zarincheh.
50 min: Mahdavikia shoots just beyond top left angle.
54 min: Zarincheh's low shot from right held by Keller at foot of near post.
56 min: Bagheri's long range shot skids wide.
60 min: Reyna's shot blocked following good work by USA substitute Radosavljevic.
61 min: Dooley heads off target after corner.
62 min: Reyna pulls ball wide with acrobatic shot.
63 min: Preki unable to target header.
64 min: Hejduk's low shot from distance no real threat.
79 min: Hejduk's close range shot blocked by goalkeeper Abedzadeh.
84 min: Mahdavikia races clear from halfway line to beat Keller with fierce right foot shot.
87 min: McBride's header defies goal-line cover to pull one back for USA.
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