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 us 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 us 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 us 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 cannot 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 us 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, us 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 
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warning explicit content: usa drew 1 1 with switzerland in their international friendly in zurich . 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 