The Americans were deservedly ahead within 11 minutes, when the unfortunate Burgess put through his own net after a fantastic burst of pace from former Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun down the left. He burned his way past Jacob Italiano before squaring it into the middle for his onrushing team-mates, but it was Burgess, the Swansea City defender, who sliced past Patrick Beach to open the scoring.
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