In the 24th minute, John O'Brien played a looping, left-footed pass that Mathis trapped with his right foot and blasted low into the net with his left.

A lanky, left-sided midfielder, he showed composure, played some lovely left-footed passes and produced one excellent moment of tight dribbling skills when he took three defenders out of the game.

Ecuador's longtime, pony-tailed captain, Alex Aguinaga, curls a left-footed pass to a teammate, who heads it past the Uruguayan goalkeeper.

Wynalda quickly hit a left-footed pass to Jovan Kirovski, who was rushing the middle.