A week after England had crashed out of the World Cup on penalties, Coventry City suffered the same fate,as they lost 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Portland Timbers.
According to City's official site, Jay Tabb put City ahead in the eight minute, Hugo Alvaez-Cuellar equalised from a penalty in the 67th minute following a Kevin Thornton handball and the young Irishman was sent off for stamping on an opponent. twenty minutes later.
Colin Cameron,Andy Whing and Liam Davis scored City's penalties with David McNamee and Claus Jorgensen missing.
Portland's website offers different names, claiming Colin Cameron was sent off.
Micky Adams said: "Thought it was a fair game and a good sporting test for us. We have always treated this as a fitness exercise & we managed to give at least 45 minutes to most of the squad, but obviously the number of substitutions disrupt the flow of the squad.
"It took us a while to get used to the surface - but it proves we can play a passing game, but with the bounce of the ball it was hard to play to feet, it's not a surface we're used to but there were no injuries which was good for us.
Portland coach Chris Agnello said: “This was certainly a great opportunity for us to gauge the standard of our team. Coventry City is very crisp, and has very sharp touches, especially for only being two weeks into their pre-season. "
Our team had plenty of good, solid play, and I think tonight's result worked out very well. The win will go a long way for us, we've been having a bit of run of bad luck in the league, and this will certainly help lift team spirits. We've been practicing penalty kicks in training, and it paid off tonight.”
Covsupport were not at this game but did have a reporter there. His report will appear here later.