U.S. Comes From Behind to Beat Poland, 3-1

Peter Vermes scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick 12 minutes into the second half Wednesday night and the United States beat Poland, 3-1, in a World Cup warmup match.

Vermes, returning to the U.S. team after playing first-division soccer in the Netherlands, fired the ball past goalkeeper Jozef Wandzik after Piotr Czachowski of Poland was called for a handball in the penalty area.

Chris Sullivan, who came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute, scored six minutes later off a pass from John Harkes.

Poland took the lead when Jacek Ziober rolled the ball past U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller in the 25th minute.

Bruce Murray tied the score six minutes later with his seventh international goal, which tied him with Brent Goulet for third place on the U.S. all-time scoring list.