After a less than stellar first half, the Red, White and Blue looked much better in the second half and finally broke through in the 62nd minute. Landon Donovan received a ball wide on the left flank before cutting inside before opting to lay the ball of centrally to the Houston Dynamo midfielder 30 yards from goal. Clark gathered the ball and shot from 25 yards with a swerving ball the Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Clayton Ince appeared to have it lined up only for it to curve away from his diving effort.

It was Clark's second goal for the U.S.

Donovan almost sealed the win late with a touch from close range off a Stuart Holden cross only to see it narrowly go over the crossbar.

The first half was a different story with the U.S. struggling to keep possession or create dangerous chances on goal while the Soca Warriors had their own difficulties with possession but were able to breakdown the U.S. defense and create several chances.

Carlos Edwards was the catalyst for the home side. The Ipswich Town midfielder caused problems for Jonathan Bornstein and Jonathan Spector with his speed on both flanks.

The best chance in the first half came off poor U.S. defending. Cornell Glen took a long throw in off the bounce and was able to sneak past Spector and Carlos Bocanegra to get in on goal. The San Jose Earthquakes forward was to eager with the ball and seeing Howard coming off his line chipped the Everton netminder only to see if hit off the crossbar.

The U.S. has accomplished their goal in taking the full points from the bottom two teams on the table and now will turn their attention to Honduras and Costa Rica with a spot at the 2010 FIFA World Cup on the line. The U.S. currently stands in first place on the table with 16 points [Honduras has yet to play].

(Soccer365.com)