Kennedy brace in Australia's 3-0 football win
Posted Sunday, June 05, 2011 by YAHOO Sport
Kennedy, back after missing January's Asian Cup in Qatar through injury, struck in the ninth and 59th minutes to give the Socceroos a grip on the match played in rain.
Turkish-based James Troisi made it three with a penalty deep in injury time after Germany-bound Robbie Kruse was brought down in the box.
Australia went into the game without their leading stars—Lucas Neill, Tim Cahill, Harry Kewell and Mark Schwarzer—and gave their German coach Holger Osieck the opportunity to test many of his fringe players.
Injury-hit New Zealand were coming off a draining turnaround following a 3-0 loss to Mexico on Thursday in Denver.
The 20th-ranked Australians take on the 16th-rated Serbia in Melbourne on Tuesday.
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