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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; New Jersey-born Italy forward Giuseppe Rossi celebrates after scoring his first international goal in more than two years. (Sang Tan/AP)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everybody loves a good comeback story. Maybe even the American soccer fans who have finally gotten over Giuseppe Rossi's decision to play for Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After Rossi suffered two serious knee injuries in succession, the New Jersey native and Italian-American made his return to the Azzurri's starting lineup after a two-plus-year hiatus and promptly did what he has been doing for Fiorentina this season with regularity: He scored.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rossi combined with Mario Balotelli to score in the opening stages of Italy's 2-2 draw with Nigeria in a friendly between two World Cup-bound teams at Craven Cottage in London. It was his first international goal since June 3, 2011, which came against Estonia in Euro 2012 qualification.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rossi had appeared in one previous game with Italy this year, playing 17 minutes against Armenia on Oct. 15. Prior to that, his last Azzurri appearance -- and start -- was against Serbia on Oct. 7, 2011.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As if Rossi scoring wasn't enough of a USA imprint on the match at the grounds where Brian McBride and Clint Dempsey became Fulham heroes, Toronto FC and Oklahoma-born Nigeria forward Bright Dike registered on a header, continuing his own comeback after tearing his ACL last winter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's video of Rossi's goal:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And Dike's response:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\nTwo American comeback stories. In London. During a game featuring Italy and Nigeria. How about that?&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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