He played 65 minutes in Tuesday’s 4-2 defeat to the Czech Republic in East Hartford, Conn., making his first appearance in seven months since rupturing the patellar tendon in his left knee. It raises questions about how quickly he will be able to recover between matches in the World Cup.
“There’s nothing wrong with Gooch,” the team spokesman Michael Kammarman said of Onyewu. “We expect to see him in the second half.”
(Onyewu entered the game after halftime and played the entire second half. Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey scored goals in the second half to give the United States a 2-1 victory.)
The American lineup featured Dempsey at forward with Altidore, the expected World Cup alignment.
In the midfield, the Americans started Landon Donovan and Benny Feilhaber on the wings, with Ricardo Clark and Michael Bradley in the middle.
The back line featured Jonathan Spector, Carlos Bocanegra, Jay DeMerit and Clarence Goodson, with Tim Howard in goal.
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