Fulham attacker Clint Dempsey was delighted with his goal in the USA's 2-1 win over El Salvador in their World Cup qualifier. "They tried to do an offside trap on my goal. We were aware that they would try to do that, so I delayed my run a little bit," said Dempsey.

"And then on Jozy's [Altidore] goal, Landon [Donovan] did a good job getting open and whipping the ball in. And I thought Jozy did a good job getting in the air and making sure he put the ball in the corner."

Dempsey added: "We went behind early and obviously that wasn't the game plan. For us to qualify for the World Cup we have to get points from our home games and we dug deep. Our quality showed in the end. To be fair we could have scored another goal, but I think we showed a lot of character even with the score as it was. We got the three points and we're looking forward to Trinidad."