The United States held on for 1-1 draw with Switzerland in an international friendly on Tuesday after veteran forward Jozy Altidore was sent off . Brek Shea 's curling free-kick gave the Americans a deserved goal on the stroke of halftime , and yet another lead to take into a second period . But the trend of coach Jurgen Klinsmann 's team to concede late goals continued after Altidore was shown two yellow cards in the 68th minute , for a foul and then verbal abuse at Italian referee Luca Banti . Switzerland 's Valentin Stocker prods in a late equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw with the USA . Stocker returns to the centre circle with Swiss team-mates after netting an 80th minute equaliser . Former Stoke defender Brek Shea reacts after scoring a stunning free kick to give USA the lead . The USA defender watches as his free kick sails up and over the wall on the stroke of half-time . USA striker Jozy Altidore picked up an immediate second caution for swearing at the referee . Former Sunderland striker Altidore walks off the pitch after seeing red for dissent . Switzerland : Burki ; Lichtsteiner ( Widmer ) , Schär , von Bergen , Mobandje ; Frei ( Kasami ) , Inler ( c ) , Fernandes ( Seferovic ) ; Drmic ( Embolo ) , Shaqiri ( Xhaka ) , Mehmedi ( Stocker ) Scorer : Stocker 80 ' USA . Rimando ( Yarbrough ) ; Chandler , Orozco ( Alvarado ) , Brooks , Shea ; Bedoya ( Yedlin ) , Williams , Bradley ( c ) , Morales ( Ream ) ; Zardes ( Morris ) , Altidore . Scorer : Shea 45 ' Send off : Altidore . Swiss pressure paid off in the 80th when substitute Valentin Stocker scored from just two yards past debutant goalkeeper William Yarbrough . The U.S. has now been outscored 12-1 in the second half of matches since the World Cup . A leveler had seemed increasingly inevitable , and five minutes earlier another Swiss substitute , Pajtim Kasami , header over an open goal from close range . The U.S. also escaped in the 79th when an attempted clearance by defender John Brooks rolled just wide of his own goal . Stocker struck when the ball dropped to his feet after two U.S. defenders challenged for a left-wing cross , leaving him unmarked in front of goal . Switzerland playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri puts US keeper Nick Rimando under pressure . USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and new assistant Berti Vogts watch from the dugout . Former Sunderland striker Jozy Altidore clears the ball away from Switzerland 's Gelson Fernandes . USA star Gyasi Zardes puts his best foot forward but can not reach an opportunity to open the scoring . Alejandro Bedoya of the USA takes the ball under control amid a group of Swiss players . Switzerland 's Shaqiri uses his body strength to hold off Danny Williams of the USA . John Brooks of the USA clears the ball from danger as Switzerland start taking control . The Americans never threatened Switzerland 's goal after Altidore 's rush of blood midway through the second half , first fouling left-back Francois Moubandje then complaining about his yellow card . Earlier , Shea 's strike was out of character with a first half of miscues in front of goal . Though the U.S. was the better side , Switzerland was responsible for the best chance and most glaring miss in the 39th . Xherdan Shaqiri was freed down the left wing by a raking , diagonal pass from Fabian Frei and the playmaker 's pass across the goalmouth was met with an air kick by Admir Mehmedi from four meters ( yards ) . All the Americans ' best work involved Alejandro Bedoya exploiting Swiss left-back Francois Moubandje , playing just his third international match . Twice Bedoya crossed invitingly from the right , but Gyasi Zardes blazed a left-foot volley high and wide in the 15th and Michael Bradley fired well over in the 26th when the Nantes winger cut the ball back from the byline . Altidore watches as Shea makes a sweet connection with a free kick to give USA a first half lead . Switzerland keeper Roman Buerki can only pick the ball from the back of the net after Shea 's free-kick . Shea wheels away in celebration after opening the scoring with a free-kick on stroke of half-time . Shea races towards the USA substitutes to celebrate his goal at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich . USA players swamp Shea as they head into the dressing room 1-0 up against Switzerland . Bedoya drew a rare save from Swiss goalkeeper Roman Buerki in the 32nd , darting in front of Moubandje to loop a header toward goal from Shea 's bouncing cross . Swiss star Shaqiri mostly drifted out of the game and blazed a long-range shot too high after collecting goalkeeper Nick Rimando 's poor clearance in the 17th . Buerki 's footwork was unimpressive for Shea 's goal and the ` keeper was at fault again in the 49th , failing to challenge Zardes for a header which bounced wide of the goal . At the other end , U.S. goalkeeper William Yarborough made his international debut as a halftime substitute . Teenager Breel Embolo came on in the 55th for his Switzerland debut after the Cameroon-born . Swiss keeper Roman Buerki attempts to steal the ball away from USA forward Zardes ' head . Altidore argues with the referee before the USA international is sent off for venting his frustration . Stocker makes use of Switzerland 's numerical advantage to poke home an equaliser from a corner . Stocker raises his arms in celebration as the inquest between US defenders begins .
WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT : USA drew 1-1 with Zurich in their international friendly in Switzerland . Brek Shea opened the scoring with a sensational free-kick on 45mins . USA and Ex-Sunderland striker Jozy Altidore was sent off for dissent . Valentin Stocker equalised for the Swiss from a cross on 80mins .