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United States beats Iceland with late goal from substitute Steve Birnbaum

CARSON, Calif. -- The United States beat Iceland 3-2 after Steve Birnbaum headed home in the 90th minute in an international friendly. and Iceland

Jozy Altidore and Michael Orozco cancelled out Iceland's two earlier scores to set up the heroic finish from Birnbaum, who came on as a second-half substitute.

Kristinn Steindorsson opened the scoring for Iceland in the 13th minute on a rainy, blustery afternoon here. A poor clearance from Matt Besler fell right to the midfielder's feet and his shot deflected off a U.S. defender and got by Luis Robles, who made his first appearance for the national team since 2009.