Bradley scores to lead U.S. over Switzerland
BASEL, Switzerland -- Michael Bradley stopped the United States' longest losing streak in 13 years and gave the Americans a rare victory in Europe. Bradley scored his first international goal in the 86th minute and the United States beat Switzerland 1-0 Wednesday night in a sloppy game played in rain.
The coach's son knocked in a loose ball from close range after Clint Dempsey deflected a cross into the air from Danny Szetela, who entered two minutes earlier in his national team debut.
"That's soccer sometimes," said Bradley, who made his 13th international appearance. "It's not always beautiful. It's not always that you can play pretty all over the field."
"I think the spirit we have within the team is really good and it shows on a night like tonight," Michael Bradley said. "We come here, and it's a hard game, it's a fast, physical game. They were coming after us, we were coming after them and I think we showed that when it's not coming that easily for us we stick together, fight for one another, and in the end we're able to get a goal."
"It was a fast field and, with the rain, the ball was flying around," the 20-year-old Bradley said. "It was going to be about who would impose himself on the other team. They pressed us and we did the same to them. It's important you learn how to win those types of games."
In the thick of it
The celebration
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