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International Friendly: USA 2 Turkey 1

Jurgen Klinsmann's men overcame a stern test from a dangerous Turkey side, building on Wednesday's 2-0 success over Azerbaijan with another impressive win.

Turkey wasted a number of openings in an entertaining game at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, and their failings in front of goal proved pivotal as the hosts held on despite a late rally from Fatih Terim's charges.

Turkey continued to have the better of the opening exchanges, though, and could have taken the lead when midfielder Inan fired high and wide with the goal seemingly at his mercy.

And the visitors were made to pay for their profligacy in the 26th minute as Klinsmann's side opened the scoring thanks to a fine goal from Johnson.

Terim's side were consistently wasteful in front of goal as they spurned a number of opportunities to get back into the game.

Turkey did finally find a way through as Inan converted from the spot late on after Geoff Cameron had handled Pektemek's strike on the line, but they could not complete a comeback in injury time.